Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan

Komala – Reform Faction
Leader	Omar Ilkhanizade
Founded	October 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10)
Dissolved	November 2022; 2 years ago (2022-11) ^[citation needed]
Split from	Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Headquarters	Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
International affiliation	Socialist International (Observer)
Party flag
Website
https://komele.org
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The Organization of the Toilers of Kurdistan[1] (Kurdish: کۆمه‌ڵه‌ی زه‌حمه‌تکیشانی کوردستان, Persian: کومله زحمتکشان کردستان), also known as the Komala – Reform Faction,[2] was an armed communist and separatist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran based in northern Iraq.

It split from the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan in October 2007 over internal disagreements[2] but reunited with them in November 2022.[3]

It was led by Omar Ilkhanizade[1][2] and operated a television network named ASOsat.[4]

On 21 June 2023, the alliance between the group and the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan collapsed.[5] Following the collapse, the two clashed, and as a result of the infighting, two were killed and three were wounded.[5] The clashes took place in Zargawez in Iraq's Kurdistan Region.[5] Norway-based Kurdish human rights NGO Hengaw offered readiness to mediate between the two.[5]

History

Main article: Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan § History

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 of the Toilers of Kurdistan (2007–2022)
      • Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan – Reunification Faction (2008–2010)
    • Socialist Faction of Komala (2009–2022)

References

1. Romano, David; Gurses, Mehmet (2014), Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria (1st ed.), Springer, p. 75, doi:10.1057/9781137409997_4, ISBN 978-1-137-40999-7
2. 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
3. Komala Media Center (27 November 2022). "Declaration of the merger of the two sides of Komala". Komala.com (in Persian). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
4. "Report on Joint Finnish-Swiss Fact-Finding Mission to Amman and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Area, May 10-22, 2011" (PDF), Finnish Immigration Service, Federal Office for Migration (Switzerland), 1 February 2012, 1170945 – via Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD)
5. "Infighting Between Iranian Kurdish Groups Leaves At Least Two Dead". Iran International. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

• Iran's Kurdish Opposition Considers Negotiations, Associated Press, 18 July 2019