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Iranian consul says Iraqi Kurdistan
springboard for attacks on Iran
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February
9, 2010
ERBIL-Hewlêr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The Iranian consul in
Iraq’s Kurdistan on Tuesday said that some hostile
forces use the Kurdish northern region as a launch
pad for attacks on his country.
This came during a press conference held at the
headquarters of the Iranian consulate in Erbil,
marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamic
Revolution in Iran.
“Hostile forces use the Kurdistan region to launch
attacks on Iran and Iranian artillery strike back,”
Adheem al-Husseini said in reference to offensives
launched by the Iranian Party of Free Life of
Kurdistan (PJAK).
“There is a joint committee comprised of
representatives of the Islamic Republic (of Iran)
and the Kurdistan region to reach a mechanism to
stop the shelling of border areas in the region,”
the consul added.
The PJAK, or the (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane) is a militant Kurdish nationalist group based in northern Iraq that
has been carrying out attacks Iranian forces in the Kurdistan Province of Iran
(Eastern Kurdistan) and other Kurdish-inhabited areas.
PJAK is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Confederation (Koma Civaken
Kurdistan or KCK),www.ekurd.netwhich is an alliance of outlawed Kurdish groups and divisions
led by an elected Executive Council.
Led by Haji Ahmadi, the PJAK’s objective is to establish a semi-autonomous
regional entities or Kurdish federal states in Iran, Turkey and Syria similar to
the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq.
Since
2004 the PJAK took up arms for self-rule in Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran (Iranian Kurdistan, Eastern Kurdistan). Half the members of PJAK
are women. The PJAK has about 3,000 armed
militiamen.
Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey all have significant
ethnic Kurdish minorities. Estimate to 12 million
Kurds live in Iran.
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