Since 10:30 AM today, August 11, Iran renewed indiscriminate shelling of the border area between eastern (Iranian) and southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. While some of PDKI bases have been targeted, mainly civilian populated areas in the Soran region of southern Kurdistan […]
A delegation headed by Hama Nazif Qaderi, member of PDKI’s leadership, held two separate meetings with the Group of Communities in Kurdistan, KCK, as well as Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK, to discuss regional developments and challenges. In the meeting […]
In an interview with Voice of America’s Persian service, Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan, rejected Iranian claims about Saudi military support for Kurdish organizations in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. Barzani also said that “conditions for a negotiated solution […]
PDKI’s new strategy of linking the struggle of the Peshmerga Forces in mountains with that of the civilian population in the cities of eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan has presented the Islamist regime in Iran with different challenges. The Iranian regime has […]
Every year, on July 13, Kurds in the diaspora commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou. This year, Kurds in London, Berlin, Olso, Stockholm, Paris, Vienna and Washington staged demonstrations to condemn Iranian state terrorism. Kurds and their […]
Since clashes erupted between PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces and Iran’s Islamic guards on June 15, the Iranian regime has taken various steps to cover up the casualties of its troops. The dead bodies of 31 soldiers, which Iran claims were killed […]
Yesterday, July 11, PDKI called on the Kurdish people in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan to stage a general strike to commemorate the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou. The strike has been launched in the major cities of eastern Kurdistan. July 13, 2016, […]
Following ten days of heavy clashes between PDKI’s Pesgmerga Forces and Iran’s armed forces in the Mariwan region of eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan during the past two weeks, Iran arrested and prosecuted 150 of its own soldiers. These soldiers, who had […]
Hassan Sharafi, the deputy leader of PDKI, answered a number of important questions regarding PDKI’s policies in a recent interview with the Kurdish media outlet Rudaw. PDKI’s new strategy of continuing and reinvigorating the party’s decades-long struggle in pursuit of […]
In a statement the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) strongly condemns Iran’s military aggressions in Kurdistan and expresses continued support for democratic opposition groups in their struggle for democracy and national rights. UNPO statement: Brussels, 8 July 2016 – […]
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