On Saturday, August 29, the York Center for Middle East and International Studies (YCMIS) hosted an academic symposium in Toronto entitled “The Future of Iran Through the Constitutional Dialogue.” The event brought together academics, political activists, and representatives of political […]
On Sunday, 30 August 2026, on the second day of the General Assembly of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), the Assembly adopted a resolution addressing the human rights situation in Iranian Kurdistan and West Balochistan, and the rights […]
On Saturday, 29 August 2026, the first day of the 21st General Assembly of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, with the participation of a delegation from the Democratic Party of Iranian […]
On Saturday, 29 August 2026, the first day of the 21st General Assembly of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) took place in The Hague, the Netherlands, with the participation of a delegation from the Democratic Party of Iranian […]
In a statement to the Australian Senate, Senator Lidia Thorpe said that she had recently heard from members of the Kurdish community about the persecution and violence that Kurdish people are facing in Iran and elsewhere. She expressed concern about […]
Hejar Berenji, the representative of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in the United States, met with officials from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, including Ambassador Rabbi Kaploun. During the meeting, the party representative conveyed a message from […]
As part of ongoing diplomatic activities in Washington, a joint delegation representing the Alliance of Iranian Kurdish Political Parties – comprising representatives of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan – held a series […]
On Tuesday 26 August 2026, Midia Piroti, the PDKI representative to Switzerland, visited the Swiss Parliament and met Mr Gerhard Pfister, a member of the Christian Democratic Party and the Swiss Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. During the meeting, the two […]
In a statement, the Alliance of Political Parties of Iranian Kurdistan condemned Iran’s drone attacks on the private office of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, and the headquarters of the Region’s security and intelligence agency. The […]
The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) was founded in the city of Mahabad in Iranian Kurdistan on August 16, 1945. Three years earlier, its founding members had established an organization known as Komalay Ziyanaway Kurd (The Society for Kurdish […]
The PDKI is a democratic socialist party and is a member of the Socialist International (SI). For us, democratic socialism entails the belief that all human beings, whether as individuals or as members of nations, should be free and equal in all spheres of life. The PDKI’s policies on economic, political and social issues are based on these beliefs. Read more about our policies by clicking here and about our view on democratic socialism by clicking here.
