Nine members of Iran’s terrorist Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed and eighteen were injured in a clash with Kurdistan’s Peshmerga Forces outside the Kurdish city of Shno (Oshnavieh) on June 8, 2018. The Central Command of Kurdistan’s Peshmerga Forces […]
In a recent article, PDKI leader Mustafa Hijri writes that the Iran nuclear deal is in a state of coma, and may cease to exist. He hints that it is an open question whether foreign companies, especially European companies, will manage to shield the Iranian regime from the impact […]
For the past three weeks, the cities in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan bordering southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan have witnessed strikes in response to the Iranian regime’s closure of the border crossings. In a statement issued today, PDKI is calling on the people of eastern […]
In response to the Iranian regime’s closure of the border between eastern (Iranian) and southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan, a general strike has entered its first week. The Iranian regime has closed the borders between the two parts of Kurdistan in order to […]
On March 1, 2018, the Iranian regime carried out a terrorist attack against two members of PDKI in Hawler (Erbil), the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Unfortunately, one of the victims, 33-year-old Sabah Rahmani, died yesterday. The latest Iranian terrorist attack […]
A PDKI peshmerga, Salah Rahmani, and his son, Sabah Rahmani, were severely injured in a car bomb in a suburb to Hawler (Erbil), the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Salah Rahmani, a Peshmerga commander, had prior to today’s terrorist attack received […]
The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, or PDKI, held its 16th Congress in late February 2018 in an undisclosed location in Kurdistan. In spite of threats from the Iranian Islamist regime, PDKI managed to hold a successful congress. The 16th Congress may be described as […]
Today marks the 72nd anniversary of the Republic of Kurdistan. On January 22, 1946, Qazi Mohammad – revered as Peshawa (meaning leader in Kurdish) among the Kurdish nation – declared the Republic of Kurdistan in the city of Mahabad in […]
In a statement, PDKI condemns Turkey’s attack on the Kurdish city of Afrin in western (Syrian) Kurdistan. PDKI calls on the international community not to remain silent and to take action in order to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Syrian Kurdistan. Turkey has for […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently released a documentary filled with lies on its failed attack on PDKI’s headquarters in Koya, located in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. In 1996, more than 5000 IRGC terrorists entered southern Kurdistan armed with heavy […]
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