In the years 1979-1981,
there was a serious war against the Iranian regime
by Kurdish Peshmerga's. Komala and KDP-I fought a
brave war. But currently things are different.
After the assassination of the KDPI leader Abdul
Rahman Qassemlou in 1989 things became worse.
Now Komala, KDP-I situated in their claustrophobic
camps in Koya, Jejnikan or Dukan in South-Kurdistan.
KDP-Iran and Komala have turned in on themselves and
rather than attempting to modernize their politics
to keep up with the new changes in Iran, they spend
their time on factional infighting and gossip.
Also they are restricted by the PUK and KDP, who
promised to kick them out of South-Kurdistan, if
Komala and KDP-I would attack the Iranian regime.
During the recent Iranian election, KDP-Iran
effectively crippled itself because of an attempted
coup by Mullah Abdullah against the party leader
Mustafa Hijri. For the Iranian Kurds, this is a
serious problem.
To some, the attacks of PEJAK may provide the
answer. However, PEJAK still suffers form its
connection to the PKK, it lacks a democratic
tradition and may still be subservient to its parent
organization’s will.
Iran in general is going through troubled times.
Kurdish nationalism is not the only force that is
working to undermine the Mullah’s regime. Azeri and
Arab nationalism in Iran is on the rise, all
phenomena which could prove the undoing of the
Mullahs.
However, if the Kurdish movement does not have a
stronger, younger and more flexible leadership, the
risk is that in any new Iranian revolution the Kurds
will lose out as they did in 1979. |
Former KDPI leader Dr.Abdul Rahman Qassemlou,
assassinated in Vienna 1989
Photo: KURDNET Archive
Photo: Internet |
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