Digital Archive of the Middle East

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• Series of press releases by the Kurdish Student Society of Europe
• Series of reports on the military operations of Komala
  Nine reports of battlefronts between Komala Peshmerga and Islamic Republic forces. Also, it includes some conflicts between Komala and KDPI forces.
• Shoresh No.1 Issue no. I of the periodical Şoriş, organ of Komełey Şorişgêrî Zeḧmetkêşanî Kurdistanî Êran (Revolutionary Workers’ Party of Iran - Sweden)
  شۆرش ژمارە ١ ژمارەی ١ گۆڤاری شۆرش - ئۆرگانی کۆمەڵەی شۆرشگێری زەحمەتکێشانی کوردستانی ئێران (پارتی کرێکارانی شۆڕشی ئێران - سوید )
• Statement by PUK on the martyrdom of Shaswar Jalal
  Statement by PUK on the martyrdom of Shaswar Jalal (1947-78), a journalist, prominent member of the PUK as well as founder and Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Toilers Association, who was killed by Iraqi forces in the Tangisar village of the Qaradagh region of Kurdistan, on 31 January 1978.
• Statement from Sheikh Ezaddin Hosseini to individuals and parties Abroad
  In this letter, Sheikh Hosseini describes his trip to Europe and meeting with different opposition groups and organisations of the Islamic regime in Iran. He identified Kurdistan as a stronghold of Iranian democracy and asked various parties to be united against Khomeini's regime to establish a democratic Iran for everyone.
• Statement in Persian on Provisional Leadership and SAVAK ['Qiyadat-i mawqat va Savak, قياده موقت و ساواک]
  Quoted from SAVAK's book (1978): SAVAK was looking for new servants among Iraqi Kurds who had left the country and fled to central Europe to use them to convince Kurds to return to Iraq and starting guerrilla warfare against the Baathist government of Iraq. This piece is about Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman, also known as Sami Rahmani, a member of the Democratic party of Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Survival [Vejin]. A Magazine for Ecology, Culture and Human Rights in Kurdistan. Vol 1:1 (March-May 1990)
  First issue of Survival [Vejin]. A Magazine for Ecology, Culture and Human Rights in Kurdistan, (March-May 1990), containing articles on Halabja, chemical and nuclear warfare, peace movements and a declaration by the Kurdish Association for Ecological Protection of Kurdistan (KAEPK). The magazine was published in Bulgaria by KAEPK.
• Talāsh dar rāh-I tafāhum: majmū`ah-‘i asnād (Efforts to understand - a collection of documents) Volume 1
  In this collection, declarations and official positions of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran have been collected before and after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
• Talāsh dar rāh-I tafāhum: majmū`ah-‘i asnād Volume 2
  In this collection, declarations and official positions of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran have been collected before and after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
• The 26th anniversary of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe
• The eighth issue of "Khabarʹnāmah-ʼi Kurdistān" (Kurdistan newsletter)
  The eighth issue of Khabarʹnāmah-ʼi Kurdistān (Kurdistan newsletter) includes a field report on the situation in Mahabad during August 1979. The reporter had several meetings with some of the Kurdish leaders, including Sheikh Husseini and also visited Komala and KDPI camps in the region. Moreover, there are short reports on the situation of different cities (mainly Kurdish towns), including, Mahabad, Sanandaj, Saqez, Kirmasan, Rasht, Marivan, Serpêllî Zehaw, Qasr-e Shirin, Kerend, Bukan, Sardasht, Bana, Paveh, Oshnavieh and Baluchistan.
• The Final Communique and Resolutions of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe
• The ninth issue of "Khabarʹnāmah-ʼi Kurdistān" (Kurdistan newsletter)
  The ninth issue of Khabarʹnāmah-ʼi Kurdistān (Kurdistan newsletter) includes the second part of "a report from the battlefront of Kurdistan" (the first part in No.8), short reports on the situation of different cities, including, Kāmyārān, Paveh, Bana, Bukan, Sardasht, Oshnavieh, Saqez, Sanandaj, Mahabad, Orumiyeh, and Tehran.
• The sixth issue of "Hiva" newspaper
  The sixth issue of the "Hiva" newspaper includes several pieces of news about Iranian Kurdistan and its challenges with the central government in Tehran. It contained pieces on the Sanandaj conference, autonomy for Kurdistan within Iran, Iraq's air invasion of Iran, and censorship of Kurdish programs on television and radio broadcasting.
• The thirteenth issue of "Khabarʹnāmah-ʼi Kurdistān" (Kurdistan newsletter)
  The thirteenth issue of Khabarʹnāmah-ʼi Kurdistān (Kurdistan newsletter) includes reports on the negotiations between Kurdish parties and the central government on the autonomy in Kurdistan, the message of Sheikh Ezaddin Husseini for the Student Day, information on the participation rate of the Kurdish regions in the referendum, and military news.
• The twentieth issue of 'Mardum' (the official journal of the Tudeh Party of Iran)
  Six pages of domestic and international news make up the 20th issue of "Mardum," which the Tudeh Party of Iran published on May 30, 1979 (page five is missing). "The Threat of Rioters in Kurdistan" is the title of a brief article on page two about the situation in Kurdistan. The author requests that the government suppress those who were involved in the previous regime and Barzani's family, who seized Marivan, Hawraman/Uramanat, and Dvndarreh, among other Kurdish regions. For their own benefit, these groups robbed individuals, threatened teachers, and confiscated the firearms of others.
• The UK Branch of the Union of the Kurdistan Students and Youths in Europe released a press release on the 1974 Qala Deza air strike in April 1985. 
  single-page press release issued by the UK Branch of the Union of the Kurdistan Students and Youths in Europe on April 24, 1985, commemorating the Iraqi air attack on the village of Qala Deza [also known as Qaladiza or Qeladizê] on April 24, 1974, which was then occupied by a large group of students from Sulaymaniyah University.
• The viewpoint of Sheikh Ezaddin Husseini on the interaction between Islam and Kurds
  Sheikh Husseini elaborates on the relationship between Islam and Kurds throughout history. How they, in the beginning, resisted but then became the true inheritors of Islam compared to other nations. Husseini also referred to several Kurdish historical figures who served Islam in various ways—in the end, asking why Kurds do not have their own country.
• Translation from Persian of an article in the newspaper “Kār” issued by Sāzmān-e čerikhā-ye Fadāʾi-e ḵalq-e Irān.
  incorporates the agreement of the Kurdish People's Representatives delegation between Sheikh Ezaddin Husseini, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), the Kurdistan Toilers' Revolutionary Organisation (KOMALA), and the Organisation of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG).
• Two letters between KDP and Pan-Iranist party
  Mullah Mustafa Barzani's letter (02/07/1967) to the Pan-Iranist Party's leadership on the occasion of the 5th Congress of the party and Mohsen Pezeshkpour's response (07/08/1967) to Barzani's letter.
• Typescript: Prince Hamdi Beg, Shaikh Mahmoud, Taufiq Wahby and Gertrude Bell.
  Four-page typescript given to Omar Sheikhmous by Tawfiq Wahby in 1964, although the authorship is unclear. It provides a detailed account of events in Kurdistan between 1920 and 1922, focussing on the rival plans proposed for placing either Hamdi Beg of Baban or Shaikh Mahmoud in a ruling position.