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Iran: A wall to be built along Iraqi
Kurdistan border
11.9.2007
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September 11, 2007
Tehran, -- Iran has begun the construction of
a wall along the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, to
prevent militants of the anti-Iranian Kurdish PEJAK
out of the country.
According to government sources in Iraq's autonomous
Kurdistan region, work on the first four kilometre
long section of the wall are underway in the area of
the Haj Omran border crossing, near the Qandil
mountains.
PEJAK (Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan) , Since
2004 PEJAK took up arms for self-rule in the
country's mainly Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran. Half the members of PEJAK are women.
Kurdish guerrillas have launched a clandestine war
in north-western Iran, ambushing troops as they seek
Western backing to secure an ethnic homeland.
In retaliation, the Iranian army has carried out a
series of counter-attacks in the mountains, which
span the border with Iraq.
The area is just six-kilometres from where US-troops
stationed in Iraqi Kurdistan are building a new
military base.
The Pentagon has also announced the construction of
armoured military checkpoints, on all roads that
lead from Iran to Iraq.
The US military says the checkpoints aim to help
curb the flow of weapons from Iran and destined for
Iraqi insurgents.
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Iranian Kurdistan
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Îranę or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatę
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
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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