QENDIL, Defence Zones of Medya, — In an announcement made through Newroz-TV, Rezan Cawid the coordination member of PJAK (Kurdistan’s Free Life Party) attributed the triumph of Qendil to “the sacrifices and resistance of Simko along other guerrillas who heroically offered their lives to encounter such offensives.”
Rezan Cawid observed, “Our guerrillas are positioned deep inside East Kurdistan’s territories and only a small number of our forces are kept in Defence Zones of Medya exclusively for education and training purposes.”
In regard to the stance taken by the Iranian regime, Rezan Cawid outlined, “Instead of taking step toward a solution of Kurdish issue, the regime opted for violence and launched offensives on the Medya’s Defence Zones, particularly those terrains where our forces were stationed. In response to that, we opted for a massive resistance which led to the Epic of Qendil.”
In relation to the potential of the Kurdish people to fend off such offensives, the coordination member of PJAK observed, “The Kurdish nation boast its own self-defence system, this nation has learned to do politics, it has the power to conduct military war, it has a long experience of national resistance in East Kurdistan. Owing to these reasons, the Islamic Republic of Iran is not able to crush PJAK forces and they should well understand this. Our movement is a revolutionary and guerrilla movement and it will not be crushed by massive military operations. It is self-evident in the North Kurdistan.”
At the end of this announcement Mr. Cawid stated, “The Kurdish question emerged as a result of the blunders made by Islamic Republic of Iran, hence the one who made the blunder should find a solution to it. Contrariwise, the Kurdish people have the power to defend themselves.”