Abdulla Mohtadi

Abdullah Mohtadi (Persian: عبدالله مهتدی; Sorani Kurdish: عەبدوڵڵا موهتەدی; born 1949) is the leader and secretary general of Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

He was born in the city of Bukan, West Azarbaijan province, western Iran, and since starting his political career, has been playing a prominent role in the Kurdish resistance struggle against the Iranian regime. In the international media, Abdulla Mohtadi is known as a political analyst of the Middle East, especially ongoing affairs of Iran and Iranian Kurdistan. He is also a well-known political figure in Iran and Kurdistan whose political activity has lasted for more than 30 years.

Abdullah Mohtadi was one of the leaders of the seven-year civil war in Iranian Kurdistan. Within Komala, the party’s Central Committee described this war as a struggle against the other major Kurdish party in Iran, KDPI, for hegemony in Kurdistan and for leadership of the Kurdish revolutionary movement. Abdullah Mohtadi's ideas for a social-democratic Komala calls for a “democratic secular pluralist federal Iran,” civil liberties, human rights and above all, social democracy. This idea has focused on regime change in Iran rather than establishing a Kurdish state with concentration on forming a united front of all ethnic groups while mobilizing Iran's Kurdish population.