Kurdistan Freedom Party
Kurdistan Freedom Party (Kurdish: پارتی ئازادیی کوردستان, romanized: Partî Azadîy Kurdistan, abbreviated as PAK) is a Kurdish nationalist and separatist militant group of Kurds in Iran, based in northern Iraq.
| Kurdistan Freedom Party | |
|---|---|
| Founding leader | Said Yazdanpanah |
| Leader | Hussein Yazdanpanah |
| Dates of operation | Since 1991 |
| Headquarters | Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Active regions | Iraqi Kurdistan Iranian Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism |
| Size | 1,000 (claimed) |
| Allies | Peshmerga Rojava
|
| Opponents | Iraq Iran Islamic State |
| Battles and wars | Kurdish separatism in Iran • Western Iran clashes (2016–present) • War in Iraq (2014–2017) Syrian civil war • Siege of Kobanî |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | Iran |
| Website | pazadik |
The group has declared creation of an independent Kurdish country as its main aim.
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