Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)
Kurdistan Democratic Party حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان | |
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| Abbreviation | KDP HDK |
| Secretary-General | Abdullah Hasanzadeh (2006-2012) Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019) Khalid Azizi (2012–2017 and 2019-2022) |
| Founded | December 1, 2006 |
| Dissolved | 21 August 2022 (aged 15) |
| Merger of | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Split from | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Headquarters | Koy Sanjaq, Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP; Kurdish: حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان, romanized: Hizba Dêmokrata Kurdistanê, abbreviated HDK; Persian: حزب دموکرات کردستان) was an ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, which split from Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) in 2006 after a dispute over choosing its next leader in the latter's 13th convention. The KDPI and Iran’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran) have been engaged in several rounds of reunification talks over the years. On August 21, 2022, the two parties announced that they would finally reunite.
The first time in 2016, Iranian agents had planted a bomb outside the party headquarters that killed and injured several members. The second time was in 2018 when the Iranian regime attacked the KDP-I party headquarters with ballistic missilier from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan where the party headquarters is located.
The party was made a full member of the Socialist International at its November 2015 Council meeting in Luanda, Angola.