{"id":5153,"date":"2017-11-10T18:17:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2018-01-12T19:23:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T19:23:21","slug":"5153","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/5153\/","title":{"rendered":"PDKI Leader: \u201cThe Fall of Kirkuk Is Not the End of The Road\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent article in Kurdish, Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, presents his analysis of the fall of Kirkuk and its ramifications.<\/p>\n

The PDKI leader challenges the argument that the independence referendum in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan was the cause of the fall of Kirkuk.<\/p>\n

Instead, he argues that a conflict between Iraq and southern Kurdistan over the so-called disputed territories was to be expected, especially in view of Iran\u2019s hostility toward the Kurds and its increased influence in Iraq following the emergence of the militias known as \u201cHashd al-Shabi\u201d \u2013 the most powerful of which answer to the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n

Two years earlier, Mr. Hijri had predicted a conflict over Kirkuk, writing:<\/a> \u201cOnce Daesh is defeated, a war between the Peshmerga Forces and the militias of Iran in Iraq is likely. This is likely to start in Kirkuk and other strategically important places.\u201d<\/p>\n

What the independence referendum did, Mr. Hijri writes, was to provide a pretext for the enemies of the Kurdish nation to come together and conspire to end Kurdish rule in Kirkuk.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hijri also highlights divisions among Kurdish political parties as another reason for the defeat in Kirkuk.<\/p>\n

Peshmerga demonstrated in the battles after the fall of Kirkuk that they can defend Kurdistan against an attack by Iran\u2019s militias in Iraq.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hijri therefore calls for Kurdish unity and coordination to counter the Iranian regime\u2019s schemes against the Kurdish nation.<\/p>\n

The fall of Kirkuk, he writes, is not the end of the road. The Kurdish people and the Kurdish national liberation movement have experienced similar setbacks in the past, he reminds, but the Kurdish nation will rise again and continue the struggle for sovereignty over its homeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent article in Kurdish, Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, presents his analysis of the fall of Kirkuk and its ramifications. The PDKI leader challenges the argument that the independence referendum in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan was the cause […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5152,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_1517.jpg?fit=1136%2C898&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s12yuy-5153","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5198,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/pdki-condemns-turkeys-attack-on-afrin\/","url_meta":{"origin":5153,"position":0},"title":"PDKI Condemns Turkey\u2019s Attack On Afrin","author":"Admin English","date":"January 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In a statement, PDKI condemns Turkey\u2019s attack on the Kurdish city of Afrin in western (Syrian) Kurdistan. PDKI calls on the international community\u00a0not to remain silent and\u00a0to take action\u00a0in order to prevent a humanitarian\u00a0crisis in Syrian Kurdistan. Turkey has for some time threatened to attack Syrian Kurdistan. It began with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_2223.jpg?fit=500%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4501,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/mustafa-hijri-iran-attempts-to-create-instability-and-conflict-all-around-the-region\/","url_meta":{"origin":5153,"position":1},"title":"Mustafa Hijri: \u201cIran attempts to create instability and conflict all around the region\u201d","author":"akamr","date":"July 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In an interview with Seth Frantzman of the Algemeiner Mustafa Hijri, PDKI\u2019s leader, discusses PDKI\u2019s view on Iran\u2019s role in the region Iran and the Kurdish nation\u2019s struggle in Iran. Below is an excerpt of the interview: Mustafa Hijri, the General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Interviews"","block_context":{"text":"Interviews","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/mustafa-hijri\/interviews-mustafa-hijri\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hidgri-Iran.jpg?fit=500%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5032,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/iran-renews-threats-against-pdki-and-southern-kurdistan\/","url_meta":{"origin":5153,"position":2},"title":"Iran Renews Threats against PDKI and Southern Kurdistan","author":"Admin English","date":"September 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Iran\u2019s latest threats against PDKI come against the backdrop of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan\u2019s planned independence referendum and PDKI\u2019s support for it. The latest threat was issued by Ali Shamkhani, head of the Iranian Islamist regime\u2019s security council. PDKI leader Mustafa Hijri said in an interview that the party\u2019s Peshmerga Forces\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4bka8176903b6dggum_800C450.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4bka8176903b6dggum_800C450.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4bka8176903b6dggum_800C450.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4bka8176903b6dggum_800C450.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4887,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/pdki-leader-era-of-iranian-expansionism-is-coming-to-an-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":5153,"position":3},"title":"PDKI Leader: Era of Iranian Expansionism is Coming to an End","author":"Admin English","date":"August 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"PDKI held its 18th leadership meeting at a secret location in August 2017 due to Iranian terrorist threats. In the meeting, PDKI\u2019s leadership decided to strengthen and expand Rasan \u2013 the past years reinvigorated struggle in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. The leadership also expressed its support for the independence referendum in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mustafa Hijri"","block_context":{"text":"Mustafa Hijri","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/mustafa-hijri\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/131850-34b1bf0722df7c8a0584f865f360a4e2.jpg?fit=500%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3790,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/pdki-leader-meets-u-s-senators-and-members-of-congress\/","url_meta":{"origin":5153,"position":4},"title":"PDKI Leader Meets U.S. Senators and Members of Congress","author":"akamr","date":"March 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Mustafa Hijri, leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), visited Germany at the end of May and met with German officials. Mr. Hiri is currently in the United States and has held meetings with members of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. senators and human rights organizations\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Foreign Relation Activities & Reports"","block_context":{"text":"Foreign Relation Activities & Reports","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/foreign-relation\/activities-reports\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hidjri-visits-Germany.png?fit=620%2C284&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hidjri-visits-Germany.png?fit=620%2C284&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hidjri-visits-Germany.png?fit=620%2C284&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5065,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/mustafa-hijri-kurdish-independence-is-the-outcome-of-peshmergas-sacrifices\/","url_meta":{"origin":5153,"position":5},"title":"Mustafa Hijri: \u201cKurdish Independence is the Outcome of Peshmergas Sacrifices\u201d","author":"Ali","date":"September 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, delivered a speech at a rally on September 22 in support of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan\u2019s independence referendum. He congratulated the people of Kurdistan in advance. \u201cCongratulation to the martyrs\u2019 families, congratulation to the brave peshmergas on the frontlines,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are hopeful to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest2"","block_context":{"text":"Latest2","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/latest2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C625&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C625&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C625&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C625&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5153"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5155,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions\/5155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}