In a statement, PDKI calls on Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, who has been imprisoned in Iran for 24 years without furlough, to end his hunger strike. PDKI also calls on human rights organizations to pressure the Iranian regime to […]
PDKI’s issued a statement on a possible attack by Iraqi Shia militias backed by Iranian terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against PDKI’s base in KoyaSanjaq. In the statement PDKI’s head of Foreign Relations Loghman H. Ahmedi said: Iraq’s army and […]
A PDKI delegation consisting of Dr. Ali Abdelzadeh, Iranian Kurdistan’s representative to the UNPO, and Kawa Ahangari, PDKI’s representative in Belgium, attended the XXV Session of the UNPO Presidency, which took place on 14-15 October in Brussels. After the adoption […]
In a letter, Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Region, thanked the PDKI and Mustafa Hijri for supporting the independence referendum in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. A translation of the letter is provided below: My Dear Brother Mustafa Hijri, I […]
A delegation from the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI) met with Congressman Steve King on October 5 to seek support for a federal and democratic vision for Iran’s future. The delegation consisted of Arash Saleh, PDKI’s representative […]
Kajal Mohammadi, PDKI’s co-representative in Canada, and Mansur Azizi, head of the party’s member organizations in the Diaspora, met with a number of Canadian MPs to discuss the situation in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan and to garner support for the Kurdish […]
PDKI’s leader Mustafa Hijri issued a statement following the passing away of Jalal Talabani, a prominent Kurdish leader and former Iraqi president. Below is the English translation of the statement: Mam Jalal Talabani was a prominent personality who played an […]
According to preliminary reports from eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan, the Iranian regime has arrested scores of Kurdish civilians in the wake of demonstrations in support of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s independence referendum, held on September 25. A source within the Iranian regime […]
The Kurdish nation in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan turned out in the thousands to express solidarity with southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s historic independence referendum. The people of eastern Kurdistan headed PDKI’s call for public demonstrations in support of the Kurdish nation’s right […]
Yesterday, September 25, an Urban PDKI Peshmerga unit in Piranshar clashed with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). During the past week, Iran’s islamist regime has under the pretext of military exercises attempted to attack PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces and shelled […]
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