Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)
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Kurdistan Democratic Party حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان | |
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| Abbreviation | KDP HDK |
| Secretary-General | Abdullah Hasanzadeh (2006-2012) Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019) Khalid Azizi (2012–2017 and 2019-2022) |
| Founded | December 1, 2006[1] |
| Dissolved | 21 August 2022[2] |
| Merger of | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Split from | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Headquarters | Koy Sanjaq, Iraqi Kurdistan[3] |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Socialism[citation needed] |
| Political position | Centre-left[citation needed] |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Website | |
| kdppress | |
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 missiles 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
[edit]- Abdullah Hasanzadeh (2006–2012)
- Khalid Azizi (2012–2017)
- Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019)[11]
- Khalid Azizi (2019–2022)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "هەردوو حیزبی دیموکراتی رۆژهەڵاتی کوردستان یەکیان گرتەوە". www.rudaw.net (in Central Kurdish). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""KDPI reunion talks continue, could reach agreement by March: KDPI head"". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ ""Iranian Kurdish parties unite after 16 years split"". www.kurdistan24.net. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ^ ""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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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- Banned socialist parties
- Defunct socialist parties in Iran
- Full member parties of the Socialist International
- Kurdish nationalism in Iran
- Kurdish nationalist political parties
- Kurdish political parties in Iran
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- Rebel groups in Iran
- Secularism in Iran
- Social democratic parties in Iran
- Social democratic parties in Kurdistan
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