Iran’s latest threats against PDKI come against the backdrop of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s planned independence referendum and PDKI’s support for it. The latest threat was issued by Ali Shamkhani, head of the Iranian Islamist regime’s security council. PDKI leader Mustafa […]
Hamid Taimouri, PDKI’s representative to Sweden, met with Fredrik Malm, member of the Swedish parliament from the Liberal Party, to discuss the current situation in Kurdistan. During the meeting, Taimouri outlined the current situation in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. Taimouri informed […]
A delegation from HAK-PAR from northern (Turkish) Kurdistan visited PDKI’s diplomatic mission in Hewler (Erbil) to discuss southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s upcoming independence referendum. During the meeting Mohammed Saleh Qaderi, PDKI’s representative to Hewler, outlined the party’s position on the independence […]
A delegation from southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP visited PDKI’s leadership to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and the Kurdish issue. The KDP delegation, headed by Hiwa Ahmed Mustafa, was received by a PDKI delegation headed […]
Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, visited the PDK’s Peshmerga Forces in the Zagros Mountains. In a speech, he praised the Peshmerga Forces for their determination in fighting for the liberation of the Kurdish nation, as well as for freedom, […]
In a statement, PDKI calls on the Kurdish people in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan as well as the Kurds in the diaspora to support southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s independence referendum on September 25, 2017. In its statement, PDKI emphasizes the legitimate right […]
Since PDKI embarked on a new phase in its liberation struggle in 2015, the Iranian regime has responded by militarizing eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. In particular, Iran has massed thousands of troops along the border with southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan in close […]
Residents of the Kurdish city of Bane staged a peaceful demonstration today, September 5, 2017, to condemn the killing of Kurdish Kolbars (porters) by Iranian paramilitary forces. In a statement, PDKI’s leadership calls on people in other Kurdish cities to […]
Residents of the Kurdish city of Baneh in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan staged a peaceful demonstration to condemn the murder of two Kurdish Kolbars (porters) by Iranian security forces. The peaceful demonstration was met by brutal violence and several peaceful demonstrators […]
In an interview with Reese Erlich of the Global Post Mustafa Hijri, PDKI’s leader, sheds light on the purpose of his latest visit to Washington DC and the PDKI’s view on the nuclear ambitions of Iran and the rights of […]
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