Kurdistan_Democratic_Party_(Iran)

Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)

Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)

Political party

Not to be confused with Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

36.0644°N 44.6036°E / 36.0644; 44.6036

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP; Kurdish: حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان, romanized: Hizba Dêmokrata Kurdistanê, abbreviated HDK; Persian: حزب دموکرات کردستان) was an ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, which split from Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) in 2006 after a dispute over choosing its next leader in the latter's 13th convention.[4] The KDPI and Iran’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran) have been engaged in several rounds of reunification talks over the years.[5] On August 21, 2022, the two parties announced that they would finally reunite.[6][7]

The first time in 2016, Iranian agents had planted a bomb outside the party headquarters that killed and injured several members.[8] The second time was in 2018 when the Iranian regime attacked the KDP-I party headquarters with ballistic missilier from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan where the party headquarters is located.[9]

The party was made a full member of the Socialist International at its November 2015 Council meeting in Luanda, Angola.[10]

Secretaries-General

  • Abdullah Hasanzadeh (2006–2012)
  • Khalid Azizi (2012–2017)
  • Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019)[11]
  • Khalid Azizi (2019–2022)

References

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    Reese Erlich, Robert Scheer (2016). Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 978-1317257370.
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    "هەردوو حیزبی دیموکراتی رۆژهەڵاتی کوردستان یەکیان گرتەوە". www.rudaw.net (in Central Kurdish). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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    United Kingdom: Home Office, Country Information and Guidance - Iran: Kurds and Kurdish political groups, July 2016, Version 2.0, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/578f67c34.doc [accessed 18 March 2017]
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    Rodi Hevian (Summer 2013). "THE MAIN KURDISH POLITICAL PARTIES IN IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, AND TURKEY: A RESEARCH GUIDE". Middle East Review of International Affairs. 17 (2). Herzliya, Israel: Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs. Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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    ""KDPI reunion talks continue, could reach agreement by March: KDPI head"". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
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    ""Iranian Kurdish parties unite after 16 years split"". www.kurdistan24.net. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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    ""A joint statement regarding the reunification of the Democratic Party, the beginning of a new phase of effort and struggle"". kurdistanukurd.com. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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    "Kurdistan24".
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    "Iranian Attack on Kurdish Rebel HQ in Iraq Kills 11, Group Says | Voice of America - English".
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    "Meeting of the SI Council in Luanda, Angola". November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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    "Iran's Kurdistan Democratic Party set to elect new leader". Rudaw. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
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