On twentieth anniversary of assassination of Vienne Martyrs- Dr. Abdulrahman Ghasemlou, secretary general of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran and his comrades, Abdoulah Ghaderi Azar member of central committee and Dr. Fazel Rasoul friend of KDPI, in London a ceremony were held in their memory.
The ceremony has been taken place on 26th of July 2009 and attended representatives of Iranian and Kurdish parties.
Ceremony started by Kurdistan national anthem and one minute silence in memory of all martyrs of party and people of Kurdistan and their leader Dr. Ghasemlou and then a brief article by Ms Yasamin Alikia and Akam Rahimi, regarding life of Dr. Ghasemlou was read in both Farsi and Kurdish.
Following that a report from UK committee of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran on political life and struggle of Dr. Ghasemlou was delivered by head of committee, Mr. Kaweh Beheshtizadeh. He also mentioned the great memory of other martyrs and comrades of Dr. Ghasemlou especially Salam Azizi, whose passing away anniversary coincided with the ceremony.
After this Ali Meysoumi, member of party and political activist delivered a speech regarding academic personality of Dr. Ghasemlou as an economist and on his economic view points. Hesam Dastpish , the other party member and specialist in international politics talked about diplomatic capabilities of Dr. Ghasemlou and his success in turning Kurdish issue into an international concern.
At the end of ceremony, Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh journalist and close friend of Dr. Ghasemlou delivered his speech. This well known journalist said: ‘’ After Iranian people’s 1979 revelation, we were looking for a political figure who is capable of leading all Iranian nations and the only suitable figure who always came across, was Dr. Ghasemlou’’.
It would also worth mentioning that messages of Youth Union and Democratic Women Union of Kurdistan have been submitted by Soran Raoufi and Ms. Shabbo Ghoareshe.
Also representatives of following parties and organizations read their messages:
• Koumala Zahmatkishan Kurdistan
• Kurdistan National Congress
• Peoples Party of Baluchistan
• Democratic Solidarity Party of Ahwaz
• United Party Of Baluchistan. (Republicans)
• Iranian Baluchistan National Organization.
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan -UK Committee