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Iran: Persian activist scared by Kurdish
Komala article
14.3.2007
By Vladimir van Wilgenburg, is a non-Kurdish writer
from Netherlands
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March 14, 2007
Recently there was an
article in the "Globe and Mail" about Komala.
Komala called in America to help to "free Iran".
This disturbed an Iranian activist. She also has her
own blog "Shiro-Khorshid". KDP-I representative Dr.
M. Esfandiari shares this view of the Komala
activists and calls Americans saviours.
This Persian activist truelly believes that "the
Iranian people (Kurdish people and other minorities
included) will not allow a division within the
borders of Iran and such armed seperatist groups are
certainly not representative of ethnic minorities in
Iran".
Here is my view:
There is still a discussion if the Kurds are really
Iranians, but I wonder if this activist visited
"Iranian-Kurdistan". Did she forget the Mahabad
republic? According to my information there is still
a lot of support for the KDP-I, Komala and PJAK in
Iranian Kurdistan. PJAK especially appeals to the
Kurdish youth and is growing, despite that the PKK
was supported by Iran in the past. (This ended after
a deal between Turkey-Iran, see the statements of
Fazil Mirani). KDP-I and Komala, the very old and
respected parties, still continue with operations in
Iranian Kurdistan, but it's more focused on
propaganda/ideological wise. But they are weakened
because of their civil war and because the KRG won't
accept them to attack the Iranian government, with
which they want to have good relations. With the
success of Kurds in Iraqi-Kurdistan, also Kurdish
nationalism in Iran is growing.
PJAK, KOMALA and KDP-I want a (Con) federal Iran and
democracy. They want self-government, like they had
for a short time in the past. They have considerable
support. But the opposition (not only the Kurdish
one) from Iran is still too weak to overthrow the
current Iranian government.
It’s hard to predict what will happen in Iran and
Iranian Kurdistan, but it’s safe to say that the
Kurdish issue will continue to evolve and grow, due
to the successes in Iraqi-Kurdistan and the current
conflict between America and Iran. That's why some
Kurdish factions are looking for support from
America and America is trying to use minority groups
to destabilize Iran.
But everything could change in a blink of an eye,
off course. Iran could force America, through Iraq,
to stop the American-Iranian conflict or Iran could
stop the nuclear program, in exchange for US
support. There are indeed also a lot of Kurds that
see themselves as Iranians, but that doesn't mean
that they don't support Kurdish autonomy.
vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Îranê or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatê
Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan) is an unofficial name
for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has
borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes the
greater parts of West Azerbaijan province, Kurdistan
Province, Kermanshah Province, and Ilam Province.
Kurds form the majority of the population of this
region with an estimated population of 4 million.
The region is the eastern part of the greater
cultural-geographical area called Kurdistan.
More about Iranian Kurdistan
Komala Iran
Komalah (Komele in Kurdish) is a Marxist Kurdish
opposition group. The word Komele in Kurdish is
derived from Komel (Society) and means association.
In 1967, Komalah was founded and struggled against
the government and policies of Shah for 12 years
until 1979. In 1983
Komalah formed a political organization with other
Iranian Marxist and socialist groups called the
Communist Party of Iran.
More about Komala
KDPI
The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran in Kurdish
(Hîzbî Dêmokiratî Kurdistanî Êran) is a Kurdish
opposition group in Iranian Kurdistan which seeks
the attainment of Kurdish national rights within a
democratic federal republic of Iran. The current
General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian
Kurdistan is Mustafa Hijri
More about KDPI- Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
The present leader of the organisation is Haji
Ahmadi. According to the Washington Times, half the
members of PEJAK are women, many of them still in
their teens, and one of the female members of the
leadership council is Gulistan Dugan, a psychology
graduate from the University of Tehran. This is due
primarily to the fact that PJAK is strongly
supportive of women's rights. PJAK believes that
women must have a strong role in government and must
be on an equal level with men in leadership
positions.
More about PEJAK- Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan
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