Hamid Taimouri, PDKI\u2019s representative to Sweden, met with Fredrik Malm, member of the Swedish parliament from the Liberal Party, to discuss the current situation in Kurdistan.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, Taimouri outlined the current situation in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. Taimouri informed Malm about the increasing oppression and suppression of the Kurdish people by the Islamist regime in Iran. <\/p>\n
Taimouri also informed Malm about the plight of the Kurdish Kolbars (porters) and the demonstrations in eastern Kurdistan following the killing of two Kolbars from the Kurdish city of Baneh by Iranian paramilitary forces.<\/p>\n
In the meeting, Iran\u2019s destructive role in the Middle East \u2013 particularly in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen \u2013 were discussed. Iran interference in the internal affairs of these countries, Taimouri underlined, has led to conflict, instability and violence.<\/p>\n
Taimouri also outlined PDKI\u2019s position on southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan\u2019s independence referendum. Fredrik Malm expressed his party\u2019s support for the independence referendum. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hamid Taimouri, PDKI\u2019s 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/842907-178ea481ad34699386721faff222902c.jpg?fit=500%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p12yuy-1j6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5499,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/figures-and-facts-on-the-situation-of-kurdish-kolbars\/","url_meta":{"origin":5028,"position":0},"title":"Figures and facts on the situation of Kurdish Kolbars","author":"Ali","date":"February 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The political and security situation in Iran has in many respects worsened in the past several years. 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