Kurdistan Freedom Party
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Kurdistan Freedom Party (Kurdish: پارتی ئازادیی کوردستان, romanized: Partî Azadîy Kurdistan, abbreviated as PAK) is a Kurdish nationalist and separatist militant group of Kurds in Iran, based in northern Iraq.
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Kurdistan Freedom Party | |
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Founding leader | Said Yazdanpanah |
Leader | Hussein Yazdanpanah |
Dates of operation | Since 1991; 33 years ago (1991) |
Headquarters | Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
Active regions | Iraqi Kurdistan Iranian Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan |
Ideology | Kurdish nationalism |
Size | 1,000 (claimed) |
Allies | Peshmerga Rojava |
Opponents | Iraq[2] Iran Islamic State |
Battles and wars | Kurdish separatism in Iran • Western Iran clashes (2016–present) • War in Iraq (2014–2017) Syrian civil war • Siege of Kobanî |
Designated as a terrorist group by | Iran[3] |
Website | pazadik |
Preceded by Revolutionaries' Union of Kurdistan |
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The group has declared creation of an independent Kurdish country as its main aim.[4][3]