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Kurdish PJAK rebels in Iraqi Kurdistan
threaten to attack Iran
13.4.2008
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April
13, 2008
MOUNT QANDIL, Iraq's Kurdistan region border
with Iran, -- Iran's Kurdish PJAK rebel group
based in Kurdistan region 'northern Iraq' threatened
on Sunday to launch bomb attacks inside Iran if
Tehran fails to halt anti-Kurdish policies in the
Islamic country.
PJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan) warned it has
the ability to "carry out bombings against Iranian
forces" inside Iran.
Ronahi Ahmed, a member of Pejak's political bureau,
told AFP from the group's hideout in Qandil mountain
in northern Iraq that the rebels were ready for a
long fight with Tehran.
"We can't stand handcuffed when Iran is chasing us
on daily basis. We have the ability to confront Iran
inside Tehran. We are not accepting any threat from
anybody," she said.
"We don't accept the religious suppression that is
being carried out by the Iranians. We totally reject
it."
Ahmed said the group had recently attacked Iranian
forces across the border.
"Last month our people were able to infiltrate
Mahkook town in northwest Iran (Iranian Kurdistan).
They killed dozens of Iranian soldiers. In another
incident in Iran's Kurdish Marwan town our
guerrillas killed six soldiers," she said. |
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, Eastern KURDISTAN). Half the members of PJAK
are women. |
"Iran should be aware
that we have a long arm that can strike at
significant places inside Iran, especially in the
northwest reaching Tehran."
The Iranian military often shells Iraqi Kurdistan
border villages in an attempt to flush out Kurdish
PJAK guerrillas, sending residents fleeing from
their homes.
PEJAK is an anti-Iranian Kurdish rebel movement
fighting for self-rule in the country's mainly
Kurdistan province northwestern of Iran (Iranian
Kurdistan,www.ekurd.net
Eastern Kurdistan).
"If they (Iran) continue to follow the policy of (Mahmoud)
Ahmadinejad, then the battle will be more severe and
the region where we are staying will be hit by a
war," Ahmed said.
Tehran alleges that Washington supports PEJAK in its
fight against Iran, but Ahmed denied the allegation.
"We have no relations with the Americans and Iran's
claim that we have an alliance with America is not
true. America does not back or fund us. We depend on
supplies from our own people," she said.
Ahmed's statement comes as mystery still surrounds
an explosion in a mosque in Iran's southern city of
Shiraz on Saturday that killed 11 people and wounded
at least 191.
Some officials insist the blast was accidental, but
others said it could have been caused by a bomb.
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.
Copyright, respective author or news agency,
AFP | Agencies
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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