Komala Party of kurdistan edit
The Komala Party of Kurdistan[1] (Kurdish: کۆمهڵهی زهحمهتکیشانی کوردستان, Persian: کومله زحمتکشان کردستان), also known as the Komala – Reform Faction,[2] is a political organization of Kurds in Iran based in Iranian Kurdistan and the main faction is in northern Iraq.
It split from the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan in October 2007 and reunited with the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan on Nov 22 2023 and split on june 21 2023 again over internal disagreements[2].[3]
It was led by Omar Ilkhanizade from 2007 to 2022[1][2] and after reunitedation in 2022, they were active in the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan until june 2023.[4]
On 21 June 2023, after a period of political disagreement between two factions of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, those members of Komala who have disagreed with the policies of the Komala Party of Iranian kurdistan split from that party and they announced: they will continue their actions under the name of Komala Party of Kurdistan again.
the alliance between the group and the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan collapsed.[5] Following the collapse, the two clashed, and as a result of the infighting, two members of Komala Party of Kurdistan were killed and three were wounded by Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.[5] The clashes took place in Zargawez in Iraq's Kurdistan Region.[5] Norway-based Kurdish human rights NGO Hengaw offered readiness to mediate between the two.[5]
Komala Party of Kurdistan | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Reza Kabi |
| General Secretary | Fariba Mohammadi |
| Split from | Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Newspaper | Dwaroj |
| Youth wing | لاوانی پێشڕەو |
| Ideology | Socialist |
| Political position | Iranian Kurdish opposition |
| Religion | Iranian Kurdistan |
| National affiliation | kurd |
| Colors | Red |
Refrences edit
- ^ a b Romano, David; Gurses, Mehmet (2014), Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria (1st ed.), Springer, p. 75, doi:10.1057/9781137409997_4, ISBN 978-1-137-40999-7
- ^ a b c Ahmadzadeh, Hashem; Stansfield, Gareth (2010), "The Political, Cultural, and Military Re-Awakening of the Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Iran", Middle East Journal, 64 (1): 11–27, doi:10.3751/64.1.11, hdl:10871/9414, JSTOR 20622980, S2CID 143462899
- ^ Komala Media Center (27 November 2022). "Declaration of the merger of the two sides of Komala". Komala.com (in Persian). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Report on Joint Finnish-Swiss Fact-Finding Mission to Amman and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Area, May 10-22, 2011" (PDF), Finnish Immigration Service, Federal Office for Migration (Switzerland), 1 February 2012, 1170945 – via Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD)
- ^ a b c d "Infighting Between Iranian Kurdish Groups Leaves At Least Two Dead". Iran International. Retrieved 23 June 2023.