Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Leaders	Mustafa Barzani (1940s)
Dates of operation	1945–1946; 1966–1967; 1977–1978; 1979–1996; 2016–present;
Active regions	Iraqi Kurdistan; Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan Provinces in Iran
Size	12,750 infantry and cavalry (1946 estimate); 10,000–25,000 (1979–1983 estimate); 7,000–10,000 regulars plus 14,000–20,000 part-time guerillas (1980 estimate); 12,000 Peshmergas along with 60,000 armed peasants (1982 estimate); 1,500 (1996 estimate); 1,200–1,800 (2008 estimate);
Allies	Soviet Union (1945–1991); Iraq (1980–1988); Non-state allies:; Patriotic Union of Kurdistan; Komala (1982−1984; since 2012); People's Mujahedin (1981–1985); Fedai Guerrillas (1979–1981); Tudeh Party (1940s–1950s);
Opponents	Imperial State of Iran (1945–1979); Islamic Republic of Iran (1979−present); Non-state opponents:; Komala (1984−1991); PKK (sometimes);

Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Hîzbî Dêmokiratî Kurdistanî Êran
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Hîzbî Dêmokiratî Kurdistanî Êran
Secretary-General	Mustafa Hijri
Founder	Qazi Muhammad
Founded	16 August 1945
Split from	Tudeh Party of Iran
Headquarters	Koy Sanjaq, Iraqi Kurdistan Democrat Castle closed forced by Iran since September 2023 ; Mahabad, Iran (historic);
Membership (2008)	1,200–1,800
Ideology	Kurdish nationalism; Democratic socialism; Social democracy; Progressivism; Secularism; Historic:; Anti-imperialism; Conservative traditionalism
Political position	Centre-left; Historic:; Left-wing
National affiliation	Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (2005–present); ; National Council of Resistance of Iran (1981–1985); ; United Front of Progressive Parties (1946–1948); ;
International affiliation	Socialist International (Consultative member); Progressive Alliance; Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Slogan	"Democracy for Iran, Autonomy for Kurdistan"
Website
	pdki.org
	Politics of Iran; Political parties; Elections;

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The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI; Kurdish: حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران, romanized: Hîzbî Dêmukratî Kurdistanî Êran, HDKA; Persian: حزب دموکرات کردستان ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e Demokrāt-e Kordestān-e Īrān), also known as the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), is an armed leftist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, exiled in northern Iraq. It is banned in Iran and thus not able to operate openly. The group calls for self-determination of Kurdish people, and has been described as seeking either separatism or autonomy within a federal system.

Since 1979, KDPI has waged a persistent guerrilla war against the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This included the 1979–1983 Kurdish insurgency, its 1989–1996 insurgency and recent clashes in 2016. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials have called the party a terrorist organization. Hyeran Jo of Texas A&M University classifies KDPI as "compliant rebels", i.e. rebels that kill fewer than 100 and refrain from killing for more than half of their operating years. According to Jo, in order to gain domestic and international legitimacy, the KDPI denounces violence against civilians, claiming commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Geneva Convention Article 3, and as of 2007 is one of the signatories to the Geneva Call's ban on anti-personnel mines.

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