Komalah (CPI)
Kurdish branch of the Communist Party of Iran
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The Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran (Kurdish: کۆمەڵە ڕێکخراوی کوردستانی حیزبی کۆمۆنیستی ئێران) is an Iranian Kurdish communist party active throughout the Iran–Iraq border. The party is led by Ibrahim Alizade and works as the Kurdish branch of Communist Party of Iran.[4]
Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran | |
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| First Secretary | Ibrahim Alizade[1] |
| Spokesperson | Ibrahim Alizade[1] |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Zrgwez, Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Membership (2001/2008) | 200[2][3] |
| Ideology | Communism Kurdish minority interests |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Mother Party | Communist Party of Iran |
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In 2009, a group of the party's cadre who identified only as socialists, left the party and established Socialist Faction of Komala.[4]
On 19 February 2026, one party member was killed and 2 were injured when their vehicle came under attack from an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps drone.[5]
Designation as a terrorist organization
The following countries have listed Komola as a terrorist organization:
See also
- Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (1969/1979–1984)
- Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran (1984–present)
- Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan (2000–present)
- Komala – Reform Faction (2007–present)
- Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan – Reunification Faction (2008–2014)
- Socialist Faction of Komala (2009–2022)
- Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan (2000–present)
- Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran (1984–present)
