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The PDKI struggles to attain Kurdish national rights within a federal and democratic Iran. Since there are other nations in Iran, the PDKI supports their struggle to achieve their national rights and regards them as strategic allies in pursuit of […]
Mr. Mustafa Hijri is the current leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI). Mr. Hijri was born in 1945 in Nagahadeh. He graduated from the Teachers’ College of Agriculture in Urmiye in 1963 and took up a post […]
Urban PDKI Peshmerga units carried out a successful military operation against Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) outside the city of Shno (Oshnavieh). On August 21, 2017 at 21:30, urban Peshmerga units carried out a military operation on the […]
PDKI held its 18th leadership meeting at a secret location in August 2017 due to Iranian terrorist threats. In the meeting, PDKI’s leadership decided to strengthen and expand Rasan – the past years reinvigorated struggle in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. The […]
Representatives of all Kurdish political parties and organizations from eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan organized a commemoration event in Hawler (Erbil), the capital of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan, for the victims of Iran’s “holy war” against the Kurdish people. On August 18, 1979, […]
PDKI Peshmerga Forces carried out two operations against Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Shno and Piranshar on August 8, 2017. The Peshmerga Forces carried out an operation in the Pshti Trke mountain outside Piranshar, in a place […]
PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces clashed with Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Piranshar on August 5, 2017. The clash erupted around 23:00 local time when Iran’s terrorist IRGC ambushed a platoon of the Peshmerga Forces. In the ensuing clash […]
On December 17, 1945, the PDKI overtook the last Iranian military barrack in Mahabad and raised the Kurdish flag. The Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan was officially founded on the same day. Since then, and every year on December 17, the […]
Dear President Donald J. Trump, I extend our warmest congratulations on your election as the 45th President of the United States of America. As you prepare to take on the responsibilities and challenges of your office, we hope that you […]
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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.
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