Another fire in Kurdistan’s forests

KERMANSHAH, Eastern Kurdistan, — The forests of Eastern Kurdistan are set in fire by the Iranian Revolution Guards continuously. Accordingly, 20 hectares of Dalaho, Hokani and Telism jungles in Kermanshah were set in fire and have completely been destroyed.

In conjunctions to this, a few days ago 40 hectares of Tikan Tepe villages in Bokan (a city in Eastern Kurdistan) were ruined in fire. Adding to that last week the Iranian authorities set fire in the forests of Dashti Zahaw in Beshkan, villages of Berkhobaran and Tepedarkhan.

The purpose of these forests destroying is to liquidate the PJAK guerrillas, allegedly hiding in jungles. The Iranian Regime destroys the Kurdish natural lives and sets fires on the forests of the country due to its fraudulent allegation of PJAK guerrillas hiding in the forests.

It should be pointed out that not a single PJAK’s guerrilla has been killed as the result of the fires and the jungle burning of the Iranian regime. If the Kurdish guerrillas are using the jungles as the shield, there must have been some causality on the guerrilla’s side.

 

The Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) was founded in 2004 as the result of the systematic and continuous oppression of the Kurdish nation by the Iranian government. PJAK upholds the libertarian ideology of Apoism which advocates an ecological-democratic society with gender equality. PJAK’s main goal is to democratise Iranian system and to create a democratic con-federation for the long- oppressed Kurds.

Its initial objective is to limit and change the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran and to democratise it in four fundamental areas; the nation, society, citizenship and to evolve the state into a self-governing institution able to deliver public services and to maintain public security.

For the past 6 years PJAK has been the most influential organisation of the Kurdish population in the Eastern Kurdistan and has the strongest popular support in this part of the Kurdistan. Three particular dynamics forces namely women, students and the youths have been increasingly joining PJAK with the aims of transforming their society. Women constitute more than 48% PJAK’s membership from the bottom to the leadership of the organisation.