The Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran (Kurdish: کۆمەڵە ڕێکخراوی کوردستانی حیزبی کۆمۆنیستی ئێران) is an Iranian Kurdish communist party active throughout the Iran–Iraq border. The party is led by Ibrahim Alizade and works as the Kurdish branch of Communist Party of Iran.[4]
Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran | |
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| First Secretary | Ibrahim Alizade[1] |
| Spokesperson | Ibrahim Alizade[1] |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Membership (2001/2008) | 200[2][3] |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Internationalism Kurdish minority interests |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Mother Party | Communist Party of Iran |
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| Website | |
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In 2009, a group of the party's cadre who identified only as socialists, left the party and established Socialist Faction of Komala.[4]
Designation as a terrorist organization
editThe following countries have listed Komola as a terrorist organization:
| Country | Ref |
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 Iran
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 Japan
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[6] |
See also
edit- Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (1969/1979–1984)
- Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran (1984–present)
- Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan (2000–present)
- Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan (2007–2022)
- Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan – Reunification Faction (2008–2010)
- Socialist Faction of Komala (2009–2022)
- Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan (2000–present)
- Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran (1984–present)
References
edit- ^ a b Bozarslan, Hamit (2009). Conflit kurde: le brasier oublié du Moyen-Orient. Autrement. p. 111. ISBN 978-2-7467-1273-7.
- ^ Schmid, Alex P. (2011). "KOMOLA". The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research. Routledge. p. 654. ISBN 978-0-203-82873-1.
- ^ Iran Defence and Security Report, Including 5-Year Industry Forecasts, Business Monitor International, 2008 [Q1], archived from the original on 2017-02-28, retrieved 2017-02-27
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Milburn, Franc (May 2017), "Iranian Kurdish Militias: Terrorist-Insurgents, Ethno Freedom Fighters, or Knights on the Regional Chessboard?", CTC Sentinel, 10 (5), Combating Terrorism Center: 1–2 – via Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
- ^ "Komaleh，Kumele" コマラ (in Japanese). Ministry of Justice of Japan. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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