Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou

Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou
Member-elect of Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office
Credentials rejected[1]
ConstituencyWest Azerbaijan Province
Majority113,773 (34.9%)
Personal details
Born(1930-12-22)22 December 1930
Urmia, Imperial State of Persia
(present-day Iran)
Died13 July 1989(1989-07-13) (aged 58)
Vienna, Austria
Manner of deathAssassination
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
Political partyKDPI (1945–1989)
Other political
affiliations
NCRI (1981–1985)
SpouseHelen Kreulich
Children2
EducationCharles University in Prague
University of Sorbonne

Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (Kurmanji Kurdish: عەبدورەحمان قاسملۆ, Ebdurehman Qasimlo; Sorani Kurdish: عەبدوڕەحمان قاسملوو, romanized: ‘Ebdur̄eḧman Qasimlû; Persian: عبدالرحمان قاسملو; 22 December 1930 – 13 July 1989) was an Iranian Kurdish politician and leader. Ghassemlou was the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) from 1971 until his assassination in 1989 by individuals suspected of being agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[2][3]

  1. ^ "The 1979 Assembly of Experts for the Drafting of the Constitution Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 24 September 2015, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. ^ Asso Hassan Zadeh. "The Legacy of Abdulrahman Ghassemlou, 25 Years After His Assassination". Rudaw.
  3. ^ Prunhuber, Carol (2020). "Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou and the Kurdish Resistance in Iran". The Kurds in the Middle East: Enduring Problems and New Dynamics.

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