Iran's Ethno-Religious Minorities under Siege - Mustafa Hijri's Remarks

Date: Monday, May 23, 2011
Place: B-340 Rayburn HOB
Time: 12-1:00pm
House of Representatives

Mustafa Hijri, General Secretary of Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)
Born in Naghaddeh, Western Azerbaijan, he completed the Teachers College of Agriculture in Urumieh in 1963 and obtained his B.A. in Persian Literature at Tehran University in 1970. After teaching at the secondary school and college level for many years, he began his political career as an activist, playing a key role in the mass demonstrations held in 1978 against the Shah's regime. Mr. Hijri was a candidate for parliamentary elections in the townships of Naghaddeh and Ushnavieh and although he won 90 percent of the votes, the results were later announced null and void by the newly-established Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1979, participating in the 4th Congress of the party, Mr. Hijri was soon chosen as a member of the Political Bureau. Following the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou on July 13, 1989, Dr. Sharafkandi was appointed General Secretary while Mr. Hijri became Vice-General Secretary of the Political Bureau. When Dr. Sharafkandi was killed on Sept. 17, 1992, Mr. Hijri was appointed as General Secretary and remained in that position until 1995. When the 12th Congress began in December 2000, Mr. Hijri was again chosen as a member of Political Bureau and was elected once again as the Vice-General Secretary. In July 2004, Mr. Hijri was elected General Secretary for the 13th Congress of the PDKI, a position he has held to the present.

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