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Iran: Senior PJAK commander shot dead in
Iranian Kurdistan
13.4.2008
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April
13, 2008
Iran says its forces have killed a senior commander
of the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK-PJAK)
an informed official said, was shot dead in the
northwestern province of Iranian Kurdistan on April
9,www.ekurd.net
near the border with
Iraqi semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
PEJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan), which is
fighting the Islamic revolution guards, has been
behind a string of deadly attacks in Iran in recent
months.
“The senior commander who has entered Iran to
conduct terrorist activities was killed on the 8th
of April, near the village of Nejmar 10 kilometers
from the Iraqi border,” an informed source told Mehr
News Agency.
PJAK (Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan), Since
2004 PJAK took up arms for self-rule in the
country's mainly Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran (Iranian Kurdistan). Half the members of PJAK
are women.
Iran has on several occasions reported clashes
between Islamic government forces and members of the
Kurdish PJAK group in Kurdistan province.
The Islamic Republic has slammed the White House for
supplying PJAK in Iran's province of Kurdistan to
stir up ethnic unrest in the country.
Information for this report was provided by Press
TV, Tehran Times, Mehr News
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
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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