Kurdish United Front
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Kurdish United Front is a political and social movement
Social movement
Social movements are a type of group action. They are large informal groupings of individuals or organizations focused on specific political or social issues, in other words, on carrying out, resisting or undoing a social change....

 in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 that was established in January 2006 to unite all Iranian Kurds to achieve their rights within the Iranian Constitution
Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was adopted by referendum on October 24, 1979, and went into force on December 3 of that year, replacing the Constitution of 1906. It was amended on July 28, 1989. The constitution has been called a "hybrid" of "authoritarian, theocratic and...

 and to oppose social injustice
Social injustice
Social injustice is a concept relating to the claimed unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens and other incidental inequalities...

 against Kurds in Iran
Iranian Kurdistan
Iranian Kurdistan is an unofficial name for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes Kurdistan Province, Kermanshah Province, Ilam Province and parts of West Azerbaijan province....

 http://www.kurduf.com.

There are several chapters of the Front in different provinces (Kurdistan
Kurdistan Province (Iran)
Kurdistan Province or Kordestan Province or Kurdestan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, not to be confused with the greater geographical area of Iranian Kurdistan. The province of Kurdistan is 28,817 km² in area which encompasses just one-fourth of the Kurdish inhabited areas of Iran or...

, Kermanshahan, West Azerbaijan, Ilam
Ilam Province
Ilam Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Iraq. Its provincial center is the city of Ilam. Covering an area of 19,086 square kilometers, the cities of the province are Ilam, Mehran, Dehloran, Dareh Shahr, Sarable, Eyvan, Abdanan and Arkwaz...

, and Tehran
Tehran Province
Tehran Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It covers on area of 18,909 square kilometers and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran....

). Some of the Front's founding members are: Mr. Bahaoddin Adab
Bahaoddin Adab
Bahaedin Adab , also spelt Bahaeddin or Bahaoddin Adab, Kurdish "Baha Adab" was a prominent Iranian Kurdish politician and engineer. He was born in Sanandaj and had a civil engineering master degree from Amirkabir University of Technology . He died on August 16, 2007, after a long battle with cancer...

, Mr. Hossein Shahveissi, Dr. Bayazid Mardukhi, and Dr. Abdolali Shamsborhan as shown in the first photo. Mr. Bahaoddin Adab, the first speaker of the Front died on August 15, 2007 and Dr. Mardukhi has been chosen as its new speaker, 14 September 2007, in Tehran.

The Front celebrated its first anniversary in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

on January 4, 2007, with more than 300 guests.
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