Asad Rostami
23.05.2025
A response to the distorted and speculative statements of Khaled Azizi, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
As Kurdistan is once again at the center of political and social transformations, and its revolutionary people are at the forefront of the fight against tyranny, poverty, discrimination and inequality, Khaled Azizi, the official spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, in a speech broadcast on the party’s television and social media, launched a hysterical and distorted attack on the left movement, and especially Komalah, as the backbone of this movement. He called this radical and historical movement “a proxy for the socialist bloc” and accused it of harming the Kurdish movement – a baseless claim, devoid of historical support and dangerous in terms of political consequences. A danger that the revolutionary people of Kurdistan have repeatedly shown their aversion to within their allied ranks.
Which movement is Komalah a product of?
Komalah is not justa leftist and socialist political movement, but also emerged from the lives and suffering of Kurdistan’s oppressed, working, and toiling people.. Since the beginning of the 1950s, this movement, with its deep ties to poor peasants, deprived workers, revolutionary youth, and oppressed women, has become an organized and conscious force against class, national, and gender oppression.
Contrary to what Azizi says, Komalah was not and is not an “imported” or “dependent” movement; rather, it was an authentic, real, and social response to the current situation in Iran and Kurdistan. A response that stems from the global and international desire and need to end the barbarism and savagery of capitalism, just as Azizi’s thoughts and illusions stem from the illusions of the global right, and at the top of that is Fukuyama’s ridiculous theory of the end of history. Its active presence in the 1979 revolution, its unparalleled role in organizing popular resistance against the Islamic Republic regime, and its insistence on council structures are only part of the historical identity of this movement in the face of the right-wing, nationalist, and delusional responses to the Islamic Republic and Khomeini himself.
On the one hand, Khaled Azizi praises the Republic of Mahabad, and on the other hand, accuses Komalah of representing socialism. But he has forgotten the historical fact that the Mahabad Republic itself, which he so enthusiastically praises, would not have even been formed without the support of the Soviet Union and the Red Army, and this experience was the fruit of the presence of the Red Army.
Negotiations with the regime and the elimination of the revolutionary left movement; a familiar scenario
Azizi's recent statements come at a time when he is well aware that his party has repeatedly sought secret negotiations with a regime that has targeted its cadres and leadership with deadly attacks at the same time. While the Islamic regime has been targeting political camps and headquarters of Kurdish parties with missiles and bombs, attempting to negotiate with this deadly enemy is not a sign of political rationality, but a betrayal of the bloody memory of the struggling people.
Now that the Islamic Republic is in obvious political and economic weakness, instead of focusing on uniting progressive forces, Khaled Azizi has turned to giving a green light to internal repression and attacks on leftist and revolutionary movements in Kurdistan. The goal of these attacks is clear: to eliminate Komalah and the leftist and socialist movements from future equations, to ignore their historical role, and to pave the way for a compromise, surrendering, and monophonic structure in Kurdistan that fulfills structure in Kurdistan that suits the regime’s desires. A light whose green is doomed to go out.
Komalah and "Genes, Life, Freedom"; The Continuation of the Struggle from Yesterday to Today
The “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” (“Woman, Life, Freedom”) movement, which today inspires millions across Iran, is rooted in the same tradition that Komalah established decades ago: defending women’s rights, criticizing patriarchal foundations, fighting the ruling class, and demanding social justice. Weakening such a movement only benefits the regime and its local partners. Komalah has not only survived all these years, at great cost, but has also become the backbone of social resistance in Kurdistan.
The end of the line for the politics of exclusion and political oligarchy
Contrary to simplistic analyses that liken Kurdistan to Qom or Al-Azhar, the people of Kurdistan have learned well that the only way to liberation is to rely on collective will, bottom-up formation, and political radicalism. The politics of exclusion, one-party rule, and the vision of a future Kurdistan as a land of kings and wishful talkers have failed in practice for years.
Today, when Khaled Azizi is engaged in distortion instead of enlightenment, it is a time when, more than ever, we must defend the Komalah, the leftist tradition, and socialism in Kurdistan.
The left movement in Kurdistan, and especially in Komalah, is not a finished past, but a living and dynamic future.
A future that still represents the true voice of justice, equality, and liberation. Something that is a nightmare of Azizi's imagination.
With this hatred and falsification of history, Azizi will eventually either fall victim to the illusions of the vague and dark negotiations between Norway and Baghdad or end up catching a free ride on the Pahlavi bus.
source: https://komalah.org
translated from Persian to English by International Marxist-Leninist Archive