Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)
Coordinates: 36°03′52″N 44°36′13″E / 36.0644°N 44.6036°E
Kurdistan Democratic Party | |
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Abbreviation | KDP HDK |
Secretary-General | Khalid Azizi |
Founded | December 2006[1] |
Split from | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
Headquarters | Koy Sanjaq, Iraqi Kurdistan[2] |
Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Socialism |
Political position | Centre-left |
International affiliation | Socialist International |
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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP; Kurdish: Hizba Dêmokrata Kurdistanê, abbreviated HDK; Persian: حزب دموکرات کردستان) is 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.[3] The party "has no real influence on the masses in Iranian Kurdistan", according to Rodi Hevian.[3]
The first time in 2016, Iranian agents had planted a bomb outside the party headquarters that killed and injured several members.[4] 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.[5]
The party was made a full member of the Socialist International at its November 2015 Council meeting in Luanda, Angola.[6]
Secretaries-General[]
- Khalid Azizi (2008–2017)
- Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019)[7]
- Khalid Azizi (2019–)
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.html [accessed 18 March 2017]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Rodi Hevian (Summer 2013). "THE MAIN KURDISH POLITICAL PARTIES IN IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, AND TURKEY: A RESEARCH GUIDE". Middle East Review of International Affairs. Herzliya, Israel: Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs. 17 (2).
- ^ "Kurdistan24".
- ^ "Iranian Attack on Kurdish Rebel HQ in Iraq Kills 11, Group Says | Voice of America - English".
- ^ "Meeting of the SI Council in Luanda, Angola". November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Iran's Kurdistan Democratic Party set to elect new leader". Rudaw. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
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