Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Kurdish political party in Iran
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI; Kurdish: حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران, romanized: Hizbi Dêmukrati Kurdıstani Êran, HDKA; Persian: حزب دموکرات کردستان ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e Demokrāt-e Kordestān-e Īrān), also known as the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), is a militant leftist Kurdish party in Iran. The PDKI operates as an armed group and is based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with political branch offices in Europe. It is the oldest Kurdish political party advocating self-determination for Kurdish people in Iran. It is banned and declared a terrorist organization by Iran and thus not able to operate openly in the country. Over the years, the group has shifted its focus from seeking an independent Kurdish nation-state to advocating autonomy or the implementation of a federal system in Iran, and it espouses democratic socialism. Since the 20th century, PDKI has waged a persistent guerrilla war against Iran as part of the Kurdish separatist movement in Iran...
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