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Iran
Democratic Parties
The democratic parties also consisted of several groups, all
of which supported a republican form of government; some of them,
such as the National Democratic Front and the Kurdish Democratic
Party of Iran (KDP), also espoused varying forms of socialism.
The National Front, under the nominal leadership of Karim Sanjabi,
and the National Democratic Front of Hedayatollah Matin-Daftari
were both headquartered in Paris. Neither the National Front nor
the National Democratic Front has engaged in significant political
activity since 1982, although the latter party joined the Mojahedin-dominated
National Council of Resistance in that year and was still a member
in 1987. In contrast, the KDP, which advocated political and cultural
rights for the Kurdish ethnic minority within a federally organized
government, has been fighting against the Islamic Republic since
1979. By the beginning of 1986, however, KDP forces had been driven
out of Iranian Kordestan, although they continued to conduct sporadic
hit-and-run operations against units of the army and Pasdaran
from bases in Iraqi and Turkish Kurdistan.
Data as of December 1987
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