Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Kurdish political party in Iran

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2023 Democrat Castle in Koy Sinjaq ceases to be a headquarters location for PDKI, indicating a potential further transformation of the party's organizational structure.
2022 IRGC launched a ballistic missile and Shahed drones attacking a school at Azadi Settlement, killing 17 teachers and parents and 1 child.
2022 Seventeenth congress of the PDKI convened.
November 21 2022 Iranian missile strikes destroyed houses in Koya, further escalating the conflict.
November 14 2022 Iranian airstrikes on the Democrat Castle in Iraqi Kurdistan killed at least two people and injured 10 KDPI members.
October 4 2022 Casualties from the attacks increased to 18 deaths and 62 injuries.
September 28 2022 U.S. shot down a Qods-Mohajer-6 drone with an F-15 after it posed a threat to U.S. forces in the area.
August 21 2022 The two wings of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) reunited, reestablishing the unified Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan after a period of division.
2018 Sixteenth congress of the PDKI held.
September 8 2018 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force launched seven Fateh-110 missiles at the Democrat Castle in Koya during a KDP meeting, killing 18 KDP and KDPI members and injuring 50 others, including leaders Xalıd Ezizi and Mustafa Mewlûdi. Notable casualties included commanders Mihemed Hesenpûr, Nesrin Hedad, and Rehman Piroti.
2016 An Iranian agent planted a bomb near the Castle, resulting in the deaths of 6 members from the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI).
2016 KDPI engaged in recent clashes with Iranian forces, demonstrating ongoing armed conflict.
2016 The organization announced the revival of its armed struggle following the death of Farinaz Khosravani and the subsequent Mahabad riots.
2012 Fifteenth congress of the PDKI organized.

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