In the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan is the heavily guarded military base of Komala - the Revolutionary Party of Iranian Kurdistan. It's a magnet for young Iranian Kurds who risk everything to make the perilous trek from the Islamic ...See moreIn the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan is the heavily guarded military base of Komala - the Revolutionary Party of Iranian Kurdistan. It's a magnet for young Iranian Kurds who risk everything to make the perilous trek from the Islamic Republic. For the first time, BBC News Arabic's Namak Khoshnaw - himself a Kurdish refugee from the days of Saddam Hussein - has been given unique access to film with Komala. The film follows a group of young men and women as they undergo three months of rigorous military training before qualifying as peshmerga - Kurdish guerrilla fighters - and become full members of Komala. Komala has several thousand male and female peshmerga fighters in Iraq. They frequently mount illegal cross-border operations to show their presence in neighboring Iranian Kurdistan, where they maintain a secret network by what they say are non-violent political activities. Komala has told the BBC they've given up their armed struggle against Iran. But the Iranian government says Komala is a terrorist group. Written by
Namak Khoshnaw
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