Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan

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.

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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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