Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iran)
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HDK
Khalid Azizi (2012–2017 and 2019–2022)
Kurdistan Democratic Party حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان | |
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| Abbreviation | KDP HDK |
| Secretary-General | Abdullah Hassanzadeh (2006–2012) Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019) Khalid Azizi (2012–2017 and 2019–2022) |
| Founded | December 1, 2006[1] |
| Dissolved | 21 August 2022[2] |
| Merger of | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Split from | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Headquarters | Democrat Castle, Koy Sanjaq, Iraqi Kurdistan[3] |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Left-wing nationalism |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
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| Website | |
| kdppress | |
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP; Kurdish: حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان, romanized: Hizbi Demokrati Kurdistan, 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.[4] The KDPI and Iran's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran) have been engaged in several rounds of reunification talks over the years.[5] On August 21, 2022, the two parties announced that they would finally reunite.[6][7] The first time in 2016, Iranian agents had planted a bomb outside the party headquarters that killed and injured several members. During the same year 2016 several important members got killed during the western Iranian clashes.[8] The second time was in 2018 when the Iranian regime attacked the KDP-I party headquarters with ballistic missiles from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan where the party headquarters is located.[9]
The party was made a full member of the Socialist International at its November 2015 Council meeting in Luanda, Angola.[10]
