KDPI–Komala conflict
| KDPI–Komala conflict | ||||||||||
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| Part of Kurdish separatism in Iran and the Iran–Iraq War | ||||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||||
| KDPI | Komala | Iran | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||||
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Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou X Sadegh Sharafkandi | Foad Mostafa Soltani † | Ruhollah Khomeini | ||||||||
| Units involved | ||||||||||
| 3,000–5,000 | 2,500–3,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||||
| 320+ killed | 350–470+ killed | 610+ killed | ||||||||
The conflict between the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) and the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan began when the latter refused to stop calling the former a "class enemy" and the tensions started to grow. Komala continued making anti-KDPI propaganda, and subsequently KDPI declared war on Komala. Both Kurdish organizations ended up simultaneously fighting against Iranian forces separately.