page_title: Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
section_title: Armed activities
hierarchical_section_title: Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan / Armed activities
caption_attribution_description: YPG
context_page_description: The Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, commonly shortened to Komalah, is an armed communist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, currently exiled in northern Iraq.
  The group is currently proscribed as a terrorist organization by Japan, aside from Iran. Since 2018, it is a registered lobby in the United States.
  Komalah has been engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Iranian government, notably during the 1979 Kurdish rebellion and the Iran–Iraq War. It was also involved in armed conflict against the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan during the 1980s and early 1990s. After a long time ceasefire, in 2017 the organization declared to have resumed armed conflict with Iran.
  The organization has "no strong influence among the Kurds in Iran", according to Rodi Hevian.
context_section_description: Following Iran–Iraq War, the group were stationed inside Iraqi soil and were supported by Saddam Hussein and his Ba'athist regime, who was willing to leverage insurgent groups against Tehran. Saddam gave the group money, logistical support and arms. After 1991, they found more secure sanctuaries under de facto autonomous Kurdistan Region.
  Headquarters of the group is currently located in an installation in Zergwez, about a 20-minute drive southeast of Sulaymaniya. A European mission reported in 2012 that the camp has strict security measures at the entry gate. Their previous camp was located in the vicinity of Halabja, near Iran–Iraq border, but after they suffered from attacks by Iranian Armed Forces, they moved to the current place.
  James Martin of The Jerusalem Post who visited the camp in 2007, wrote that Komala guerillas were equipped with AK-47s and RPGs, and are also trained in using anti-aircraft guns.
  A report published by Combating Terrorism Center in 2017, estimated that the group has less than 1,000 members.
caption: Komala Peshmerga in 2013
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