East Kurdistan Defense Units

East Kurdistan Defense Units
Yekîneyên Parastina Rojhilatê Kurdistan (YRK)
Leader(s) Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi
Dates of operation 2004–present
Motives To establish semiautonomous regional entities or Kurdish federal states in Iran, Turkey and Syria similar to the Kurdistan Regional Government,[1] and establish a democratic confederalism as theorised by Abdullah Öcalan.
Active region(s) Iraq, Turkey and Iran
Ideology Secularism,
Kurdish nationalism
Feminism,
Democratic confederalism
Status Active

The East Kurdistan Defense Units The armed wing of the PJAK, (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Parastina Rojhilatê Kurdistan, YRK), is engaged in an armed conflict with the Iranian authorities since 2004.

References

  1. ↑ Partlow, Joshua. "Shelling Near Iranian Border Is Forcing Iraqi Kurds to Flee". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
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