Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)

Kurdistan Democratic Party
Abbreviation KDP-IRAN
HDK
Secretary-General Mostafa Moloudi
Founded

1945 (1945)[1]

December 2006 (2006-12)[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

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-I) ; Kurdish: Hizba Dêmokrata Kurdistanê-Îran‎, abbreviated HDK; Persian: حزب دموکرات کردستان‎) is an ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, which split from Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in 2006 after a dispute over choosing its next leader in the latter's 13th convention.[3]

Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iran is a Social Democratic Party, and is one of the largest parties in the Iranian part of Kurdistan.

KDP-I party headquarters has been attacked twice by the Iranian regime.

The first time in 2016, Iranian agents had planted a bomb outside the party headquarters that killed and injured several members. 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.

The party was accepted a full member of the Socialist International at its November 2015 Council meeting in Luanda, Angola.[4]

History

Secretaries-General

References

  1. 1 2 Reese Erlich, Robert Scheer (2016). Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 1317257375.
  2. ↑ 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]
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ "Meeting of the SI Council in Luanda, Angola". November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Iran's Kurdistan Democratic Party set to elect new leader". Rudaw. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
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