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.

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Komala – Reform Faction
LeaderOmar Ilkhanizade
FoundedOctober 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10)
DissolvedNovember 2022; 2 years ago (2022-11) [citation needed]
Split fromKomala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
HeadquartersSulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
International affiliationSocialist International (Observer)
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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]

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