Kurdish United Front
Kurdish United Front | |
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| Abbreviation | KUF |
| Secretary-General | Raouf Karimi[1] |
| Spokesperson | Azad Mohammadiani[2] |
| Founder | Bahaedin Adab |
| Founded | January 3, 2006 |
| Headquarters | Iran |
| Membership (2006) | 3,000[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Parliament | 0 / 290
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| Website | |
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The Kurdish United Front (
eschews violence and separatism, while demanding democracy and minority rights.[3][5] It is not an officially registered party or non-governmental organization.[5]
According to a reformist tendency.[3]
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According to Adab, the front aims to "raise awareness among Kurds of their rights and help them choose the right representatives in
the parliament as these are the only ways they can get through to the authority".[3]
Based on a 2006 poll, the majority of Iranian Kurds support the movement.[6]
References
- ^ "Head of unlicensed Kurdish party runs for Iranian parliament", Rudaw, 3 December 2015, retrieved 4 May 2017
- ^ "Kurdish group shows 'conditional' support for Rouhani's second-term in office", Rudaw, 3 May 2017, retrieved 4 May 2017
- ^ a b c d e "Iran Kurds form reformist front". Hürriyet Daily News. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ a b Stansfield, Gareth; Lowe, Robert; Ahmadzadeh, Hashem (December 2007), "The Kurdish Policy Imperative" (PDF), Middle East Programme, Chatham House, MEP BP 07/04, retrieved 21 June 2016
- ^ RFE/RL. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ISBN 9780415954914
