Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)

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]

Not to be confused with Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

Kurdistan Democratic Party
AbbreviationKDP
HDK
Secretary-GeneralKhalid Azizi
FoundedDecember 2006 (2006-12)[1]
Split fromDemocratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
HeadquartersKoy Sanjaq, Iraqi Kurdistan[2]
IdeologyKurdish nationalism
Socialism
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationSocialist International
Website
kdppress.org

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

References
  1. 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. http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/0a43b8cb-5df5-4c14-ba33-45afe0ddeb59/suspects-linked-to-explosions-at-iranian-kurdish-party-headquarters-arrested
  5. https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-attack-kurdistan-democratic-party/4563054.html
  6. "Meeting of the SI Council in Luanda, Angola". November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. "Iran's Kurdistan Democratic Party set to elect new leader". Rudaw. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
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