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Komala Kurdistan's Organization of the Communist Party of Iran
First Secretary Ibrahim Alizade [1]
Spokesperson Ibrahim Alizade [1]
Founded1984
Headquarters Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Membership (2001/2008)200 [2] [3]
Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Internationalism
Kurdish minority interests
Political position Far-left
Mother Party Communist Party of Iran
Party flag
Website
www.komalah.org

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]

In 2009, a group of the party's cadre who identified only as socialists, left the party and established Socialist Faction of Komala. [4]

Designation as a terrorist organization

The following countries have listed Komola as a terrorist organization:

Country Ref
  Iran [5]
  Japan [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bozarslan, Hamit (2009). Conflit kurde: le brasier oublié du Moyen-Orient. Autrement. p. 111. ISBN  978-2-7467-1273-7.
  2. ^ Schmid, Alex P. (2011). "KOMOLA". The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research. Routledge. p. 654. ISBN  978-0-203-82873-1.
  3. ^ Iran Defence and Security Report, Including 5-Year Industry Forecasts, Business Monitor International, 2008 [Q1], archived from the original on 2017-02-28, retrieved 2017-02-27
  4. ^ a b Ahmadzadeh, Hashem; Stansfield, Gareth (2010), "The Political, Cultural, and Military Re-Awakening of the Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Iran", Middle East Journal, 64 (1): 11–27, doi: 10.3751/64.1.11, hdl: 10871/9414, JSTOR  20622980, S2CID  143462899
  5. ^ Milburn, Franc (May 2017), "Iranian Kurdish Militias: Terrorist-Insurgents, Ethno Freedom Fighters, or Knights on the Regional Chessboard?", CTC Sentinel, 10 (5), Combating Terrorism Center: 1–2 – via Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
  6. ^ "Komaleh,Kumele" コマラ (in Japanese). Ministry of Justice of Japan. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.