Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
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| Abbreviation | KPIK |
| Leader | Abdullah Mohtadi |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Split from | Komalah (CPI) (2000) |
| Headquarters | Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region |
| Membership (2017) | <1,000 (estimate) |
| Ideology | Social democracy Kurdish minority interests |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (observer) Progressive Alliance UNPO |
| Colors | Red |
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The Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: كۆمهڵهی شۆڕشگێڕی زهحمهتكێشانی كوردستانی ئێران, romanized: Komełey Şorrişgêrrî Zehmetkêşanî Kurdistanî Êran, lit. 'Society of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan'), commonly shortened to Komalah (Kurdish: Komełe; Persian: کومله), is a social-democratic ethnic party of Kurds in Iran. Formerly with Marxist-Leninist and communist ties, the Komalah is a well established party with a history of more than five decades. The Komala party's headquarters are presently in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. They have an armed wing that has a history of leading the Kurdish resistance. The Komalah was advocated for anti-imperialism and Kurdish self-determination.
The group is classified as a terrorist organization by Iran and Japan. Since 2018, it is a registered lobby in the United States.
Komala has been engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Iranian government, notably during the 1979 Kurdish rebellion and the Iran–Iraq War. It was also involved in armed conflict against the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) during the 1980s and early 1990s. After a long time ceasefire, in 2017 the organization declared to have resumed armed conflict with Iran.