February 14, 2008
Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan,-- Iranian
security forces have arrested four militants linked
to an outlawed Kurdish rebel Komalah group in the
western Kurdish city of Sanandaj, the official IRNA
news agency reported on Thursday.
"Two 'terrorist' cells of the banned Komalah group
were identified and dismantled," the office of the
Iranian Islamic intelligence authorities in
Kurdistan province said in a statement carried by
the news agency.
"The offenders spread propaganda against the system
as well as military activities and kidnapped
Kurdistan citizens to extort money" which was then
deposited in the group's accounts abroad, it said.
Four rebels were arrested in Sanandaj, the
provincial capital of Kurdistan province, it added.
Komalah is a Marxist group which seeks autonomy for
Kurdish-populated regions of Iranian Kurdistan
(Eastern Kurdistan) northern Iran and has been
outlawed since the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Iran's western Kurdistan and West Azarbaijan
provinces, which have substantial Kurdish
populations, have been the scene of clashes between
Iranian forces and Kurdish rebels.
However the recent unrest has been blamed on PJAK
(Party of Free Life of Kurdistan),www.ekurd.net
since 2004 PJAK took up
arms for self-rule in the country's mainly Kurdistan
province northwestern of Iran. Half the members of
PEJAK are women.
Observers believe that years of state pressure have
severely curtailed the activities of the Komalah.
Tehran has repeatedly accused Washington of seeking
to stir up ethnic unrest by providing material
support to outlawed rebel groups in sensitive border
regions.
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.
In Iranian Kurdistan, Komalah is trying to create
the conditions favourable for bringing about radical
changes in peoples lives, and to end the national
oppression of the Kurds. For this purpose, it has
developed a special programme which asks for
self-determination rights for the people of Iranian
Kurdistan. This right means that the people of
Irans Kurdistan can, if they want to, secede and
establish their own independent state.
Information for this report was provided by AFP |
Wikipedia
Iranian Kurdistan
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Īranź or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatź
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
KDPI
The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran in Kurdish
(Hīzbī Dźmokiratī Kurdistanī Źran) 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
Komele
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.
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PJAK
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 PEJAK is strongly
supportive of women's rights. PEJAK 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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