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FACTS and FIGURES on the Iranian Regime’S Acts of State Terrorism Against the Kurdish People and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) FACTS AND FIGURES On the Iranian regime’s acts of state terrorism against the Kurdish people and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Foreign Relations Committee 2019 Preface Terrorism has been and remains one of the main instruments used by the Islamic Republic of Iran since its establishment to silence internal opposition and to prepare the ground for a further expansion into the Middle East and elsewhere. The present report contains the names of 340 members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan who, during the last four decades, have fallen victim to the Iranian regime's state terrorism in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere in the world. Most of 340 members of PDKI who have fallen victim to Iran’s global assassination campaign lost their lives. The few who survived are severely injured. Among the victims are Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou and Dr. Sadegh Sharafkandi, two former leaders of PDKI, as well as several other members of the party’s leadership. Dr. Ghassemlou was assassinated in Vienna on July 13, 1989, by the agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Dr. Ghassemlou was in Austria to negotiate with Iranian representatives on Kurdish rights and self-government for Iranian Kurdistan. Within hours following the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou and his aides, the police had recovered the murder weapons, detained two of the assassins and identified a third. However, instead of bringing the perpetrators of this crime to justice, the Austrian government authorities decided to send the assassins back to Tehran. On 17 September, 1992, the Iranian regime in cooperation with the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah assassinated Dr. Sharafkandi in Berlin. Unlike the Austrian authorities, who released the Iranian diplomats-cum-terrorists who assassinated Dr. Ghassemlou, the German authorities acted courageously by arresting and subsequently prosecuting the terrorists who murdered Dr. Sharafkandi and his aides. The investigation into the murders and the trial lasted for three and a half years. The court heard 176 witnesses, among them former Iranian president Abdolhassan Banisadr. The former Iranian president testified that the murders had been personally ordered by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The German authorities concluded that the Iranian government was directly involved in the assassination of Dr. Sharafkandi and his aides. It is worth mentioning that in addition to the members and leaders of PDKI who have been assassinated by the Iranian regime, hundreds of others from different Iranian opposition parties and groups have been victims of terrorism and assassination attempts by the Islamic Republic of Iran during the last four decades. A common feature of all these cases of assassinations is that, because of an unstable political situation or due to political reasons, almost none of the cases have been investigated, nor have the perpetrators of these political crimes been brought to justice. The judiciary has rarely been given the opportunity to independently investigate the cases and bring the suspects to justice, many times despite extensive evidence and testimonies. To bring justice to the victims and punish the perpetrators, it is therefore necessary that all cases of assassinations committed by the Iranian regime are systematically documented and investigated by an independent international legal institution as cases of state terrorism and crimes against humanity. Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan www.pdki.org Foreign Relations Committee - 2 - First name & last Place of Date of Place of Martyred/ No. Position name Residence assassination assassination Injured 1 Naser Jhangiri Oshnavieh 21.08.1980 Oshnavieh Peshmerga M 2 Habibullah Abasi Mahabad 23.08.1980 Mahabad Cadre M 3 Ahmad Chalabi Mahabad 23.08.1980 Mahabad Peshmerga M 4 Mahmoud Salhi Mahabad 23.08.1980 Mahabad Peshmerga M 5 Asad Mamadi Urmia 08.09.1983 Urmia M 6 Zobaida Mamadi Urmia 08.09.1983 Urmia Peshmerga M 7 Mahieaddin Mahmal Mahabad 25.09.1984 Mahabad M 8 Yusef Pirzadeh Mahabad 25.09.1984 Mahabad M Mohammad 9 Mahabad 14.10.1984 Mahabad M Nasroullahi Kadir akaii 10 Piranshahr 14.10.1984 Piranshahr M Bardakurdeh 11 Kadir Shix Sharafi Oshnavieh 06.07.1984 Oshnavieh Cadre M Mohammad Amin 12 Oshnavieh 11.07.1984 Oshnavieh Peshmerga M Ahmadpour 13 Saed Khalid Kadiri Takab 06.11.1984 Takab Peshmerga M 14 Ata Mohammadzade Takab 06.11.1984 Takab M 15 Yarmohammad Tahri Kasne 06.11.1984 Aglan Peshmerga M 16 Sadiq Kohi Urmia 06.11.1984 Urmia Peshmerga M 17 Fetah Karimi Salmas 20.04.1985 Salmas Peshmerga M 18 Mohammad Sour Sardasht 08.08.1985 Sardasht M 19 Saeed Chraxi Urmia 08.09.1985 Salmas Cadre M 20 Rasoul Hajipour Piranshahr 11.04.1986 Piranshahr Peshmerga M - 3 - 21 Muhammad Sardasht 12.07.1986 Sardasht Peshmerga M 22 Hamzah Mahabad 15.06.1987 Rabat Peshmerga M 23 Umar Nasroullahi Mahabad 15.07.1987 Mahabad M 24 Said Rahman Yousfi Mahabad 22.09.1988 Piranshahr M Dr. Abdul Rahman Secretary- 25 Urmia 13.07.1989 Vienna M Ghassemlou General Abdullah 26 Ghaderi-Azar Naqadeh 13.07.1989 Vienna M 27 Kamil Ibrahimi Urmia 24.11.1989 Urmia Cadre M 28 Ali Pawe Urmia 27.08.1989 Urmia M 29 Rostam Zrangi Salmas 03.08.1989 Warganim Peshmerga M 30 Afat Qazi Mahabad 16.08.1990 Stockholm M Mohammad Aziz 31 Kermanshah 05.08.1990 Kermanshah M Khosrawi 32 Saifulla Nalabndiss Sanandaj 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul M 33 Mustafa Hajizade Naqadeh 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul Peshmerga M 34 Khalid Shabani Bukan 12.07.1990 Awalan Peshmerga M 35 Fraedon Kaderi Saqez 12.07.1990 Awalan Peshmerga M 36 Hadi Palani Kamyaran 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul Peshmerga M 37 Luqman Alyasi Bukan 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul Peshmerga M 38 Rahim Bahand Saqez 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul Peshmerga M 39 Khalid Abdullahi Saqez 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul Peshmerga M 40 Jamal Kortaki Naqadeh 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul Peshmerga M - 4 - 41 Mohammad Sdiqi Saqez 12.07.1990 Harmi Dul Peshmerga M 42 Ali Kashefpour Salmas 16.08.1990 Turkey M 43 Abdulla Bezhanfar Mahabad 20.09.1990 Qala Saeda Peshmerga M 44 Ahmad Gardashi 22.08.1991 Sulaimani Peshmerga M 45 Jalil Mamani 29/091991 Inzee Peshmerga M 46 Molla Rasoul Gardi Piranshahr 29.09.1991 Inzee M 47 Mohammad Babaki 1991 Sulaimani M 48 Kamal Zorai October 1991 Sangasar M 49 Othman Zorai October 1991 Sangasar M 50 Kamal Kaderzade 20.12.1991 Gukhlan M 51 Salar Saeedpanah Sanandaj 19.10.1992 Halabja Peshmerga M 52 Fakraddin Moradi Sananadaj 17.07.1992 Halabja Cadre M 53 Ibrahim Sheiki Bukan 28.06.1992 Hawler Peshmerga M 54 Shapour Firouzi Kermanshah 28.05.1992 Ranya Cadre M 55 Satar Jalali Nawsud 26.05.1992 Mam Khatib Peshmerga I 56 Kdir Almasi Oshnavieh 26.05.1992 Mam Khatin I Mohammad Amin 57 Piranshahr 26.05.1992 Mam Khatib M Maroufi Dr. Sadegh Secretary- 58 Bukan 17.09.1992 Berlin M Sharafkandi General 59 Fatah Abdouli Naqadeh 17.09.1992 Berlin M 60 Homayoun Ardalan Saqez 17.09.1992 Berlin M - 5 - Mohammad Barike 61 Mariwan 1992 M Mihrabani (Sulaimani) 62 Karim Gagli Mariwan 1992 Penjwin M 63 Ahmad Gagli Mariwan 1992 Penjwin M 64 Sadoon Abbasi Mahabad 12.03.1992 Ranya M 65 Omar Rahimi Banah 06.10.1992 Kawbari M Saefullah 66 Saqez 13.11.1992 Sulaimani M Slaemanour 67 Kamal Kaderzade Mariwan 03.02.1992 Penjwin Peshmerga M 68 Mohammad Khzri Saqez 02.06.1992 Sulaimani Peshmerga M 69 Mohammad Rahmani Piranshahr 01.06.1992 Choman M 70 Ali Tatori Mariwan 01.06.1992 Halabja Peshmerga M 71 Hadi Mahmoudi Paveh 01.06.1992 Halabja Peshmerga M Saefulla 72 1992 Sulaimani M Solaemanpour 73 Raza Solaemanpour 1992 Sulaimani M Kamaran 74 1992 Sulaimani M Solaemanpour 75 Karim Gagli 1992 Penjwin M 76 Ahmad Gagli 1992 Penjwin M 77 Abdulla Hosaeni 1992 Ranya M 78 Shahruk Moradi Sananadaj 13.09.1993 Nawtaq M 79 Anwar Ibrahimi Sananadaj 13.09.1993 Nawtaq Peshmerga I 80 Salah Moradi Sananadaj 13.09.1993 Nawtaq Peshmerga I - 6 - 81 Rashid Rostami Sardasht 13.09.1993 Nawtaq Peshmerga M 82 Marouf Kosrawi Sardasht 13.09.1993 Nawtaq Peshmerga I 83 Saifoullah Sardasht 13.09.1993 Nawtaq Peshmerga I 84 Tahir Manouchehri Nodsha 13.09.1993 Nawtaq Cadre M 85 Kamran Shafei Mahabad 10.03.1993 Ranya Cadre M 86 Jamal Nami Sanandaj 10.03.1993 Sulaimani M 87 Bahram Azadfar Urmia 25.08.1993 Ankara M 88 Mohammad Kadiri Piranshahr 03.09.1993 Ankara M Molla Ahmad 89 Urmia 10.09.1993 Dezli (Iraq) Cadre M Darweshi 90 Mahmoud Mojahidi Sardasht 10.12.1993 Hajiawa (Ranya) M 91 Mohammad Shikpour 09.12.1993 Sangsar I 92 Mohammad Bukani Bukan 1993 Diana (Soran) M 93 Jamal Hosaeni Sanandaj 10.03.1993 Sulaimani M 94 Mohammad Sardoshi Mariwan May 1993 Sulaimani M 95 Ahmad Mohammadi 22.07.1993 Ranya M 96 Dr. Bahram 23.08.1993 Ranya M 97 Sdeq Rashidi 02.11.1993 Sulaimani M 98 Mawlod Ismaili 02.11.1993 Hajiawa M 99 Wosta Hsan Wojaqi 21.12.1993 Chowar Qorna M 100 Hama Rashid 12.09.1993 Halabja M - 7 - Mohammad 101 04.04.1993 M Marewani 102 Saed Jalal Hoseni Mriwan 08.03.1994 Sulaimani Cadre M 103 Salih Jahangiri Bukan 02.04.1994 Halabja Peshmerga M 104 Ali Haedar Dzhahang Kermanshah 24.04.1994 Sulaimani M 105 Abdulla Ezadi Kermanshah 24.04.1994 Sulaimani Peshmerga I 106 Ibrahim Saeedi Sanandaj 24.04.1994 Sulaimani Peshmerga I Ahmad 107 Saqez 12.06.1994 Sulaimani Peshmerga M Mohammadpour Aboubakr 108 Oshnavieh 14.06.1994 Diana (Soran) M SabOctoberagin 109 Mame Gola Sardasht 14.06.1994 Mawat M 110 Karim Balafkan Mariwan 22.06.1994 M 111 Ali Asxar Almaspour Sanandaj 04.07.1994 Newla M 112 Ibrahim Rahmani Kamyaran 19.07.1994 Ranya M Mam Morad 113 Naghdah 19.07.1994 Baserma M Mohammadzade 114 Ahmad Roubintan Piranshahr 23.07.1994 Diana
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