Following Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan’s (PDKI) call to stage a general strike across Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan) in Iran to commemorate the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou, eye witnesses report of massive response to PDKI’s call. Major Kurdish cities such as Sine (Sanandaj), Kamyaran, Bokan, Mahabad, Saqiz, Paweh, Kirmashan (Kermanshah), Mariwan, Bana,…
PDKI.ORG July 13, 2016, marks the 27th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou by Iranian diplomats in Vienna, Austria. PDKI has in the past called on the Kurdish people in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan to stage general strikes to commemorate the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou. This year, PDKI calls for…
Sharif Behruz for Iran Roundtable The Iraqi Kurdish leadership often prides itself on being in the forefront of the fight against terrorism. This status was well attested following the recent surge of Islamist militants to their south, infamously known as the Islamic State (ISIS). They proved themselves as willing and capable,…
Îsmaîl Beşîkçî, a prominent Turkish scholar paid homage to the monument of Dr. Sadegh Sharafkandi, then the leader of Democratic Party of Kurdistan of Iran, who was gunned down in Berlin, Germany in 1992. Dr. Beşikçi was accompanied by number of Kurdish activists, artists and politicians including the legendary Kurdish…
Press release, Vienna, 11 October 2013 The coalition STOP THE BOMB demands the immediate arrest of Mohammad Jafari Sahraroudi who is the main suspect in the assassination of the Iranian Kurdish leadership in Vienna in 1989. An international arrest warrant against him is still in place. Sahraroudi is traveling with…
Authorities idle despite international arrest warrant October 10, 2013 Vienna (OTS) – The main suspect of the murder of Kurds in Vienna in July 1989, Mohammad Jafari Sahraroudi, was part of the Iranian delegation at a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva this week (7th-9th October 2013.). An…
This past July 13 marked the 22nd anniversary of Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou and his aides; Human Rights Activists Association at York University and The Greater Toronto Kurdish House hosted an event to discuss the various dimensions of Iranian regime’s state terrorism as related to Dr. Ghassemlou and other victims’…
Toronto, July 18, 2011 July 13, is a very heartfelt and meaningful day for the Kurdish nation, a day in which the life of a much-loved and respected Kurdish leader was extinguished. We gather each year to remember Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou and his colleagues. This day commemorates the passing of…
By: Soraya Fallah Co-researcher: Cklara Moradian Dr. Ghaseloo’s Assassination: A Case for Taking International Legal Action Ladies and gentlemen, first and foremost I would like to thank you for holding a conference to pay respect to the memory of prominent leader Dr. Abdol Rahman Ghassemlou who was brutally assassinated…
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