Rare Photos of Dr. Abdul-Rahman Ghassemlou

In 1973 he was elected and became the secretary-general of Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), a position which he was reelected for several times up until his death in 1989. Regardless of which party he represented or the fact that he was not without flaws, he was and still is a legendary and very well respected Kurdish leader among Kurds everywhere, especially in Rojhelat, East Kurdistan.