Information on a political party named Iran's Democrats of Kurdistan could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Europa World Yearbook (1994-2001)

IRB Databases

NEXIS

Political Handbook of the World (1994-1999)

Political Parties of the World (2002)

Revolutionary and Dissident Movements

Internet sites including:

Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Foundation for Democracy in Iran

Google Web Directory - Political Parties of Iran

Kurdish Political Parties

Kurdistan Web Resources

National Democratic Institute

Open Directory Project (DMOZ) - Iranian Political Parties

Political Resources on the Net - Kurdistan and Iran Pages

Social Democratic Parties Around the World

Virtual Iran

World News Connection

Search engines:

Google.com

Yahoo.com