Majid Kavian , also known as Semko Sarholdan was the deupty commander of the militant Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) until his death on September 3, 2011, at the age of 29. As the number 2 in command he was the chief commander of all PJAK's armed activities as the PJAK's number 1 leader, Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi

Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi

Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi commonly known as just Haji Ahmadi is an Iranian Kurdish militant leader. He leads a group called the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan , an armed group fights against the Iranian government for the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region inside Iran. He lives in Cologne,...

 lives in exile, in Germany

Germany

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Majid Kavian was born in the town of Baneh

Baneh

Baneh is a city in and capital of Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 69,635, in 15,857 families....

 in the Kurdistan Province

Kurdistan Province

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...

 of Iran

Iran

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 in 1982. He joined the Kurdistan Workers' Party

Kurdistan Workers' Party

The Kurdistan Workers' Party , commonly known as PKK, also known as KGK and formerly known as KADEK or KONGRA-GEL , is a Kurdish organization which has since 1984 been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights...

 (PKK) in its conflict with Turkey

Turkey-PKK conflict

The Turkey – Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict, also referred to as the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey, the Kurdish Conflict, the Kurdish insurgency, the Kurdish rebellion or PKK-terrorism and has also been described as the latest Kurdish uprising or as a civil war, is an armed conflict between the...

 in 1999, during which he fought in the Dersim and Black Sea

Black Sea

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 regions. He joined the PJAK in 2003, were he rose to position of Deputy Commander due to his experience, fighting in Turkey. He was killed by IRGC forces during the 2011 Iran-Iraq cross-border raids

2011 Iran-Iraq cross-border raids

2011 Iran-Iraq cross-border raids were a series of operations, performed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps , against the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan , a Kurdish rebel group...

, while leading an operation in Kutaman when he was hit by a shrapnel from tank fire.

The PJAK confirmed his death on their website, releasing the following statement:

"September 3rd 2011, during the second stage of Iranian Revolutionary Guards attack against Kandil mountains Majid Kawian, known as Comrade Samkou, deputy commander general of the forces of eastern Kurdistan in the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, was killed along with Comrade Ruzhat Butan after being hit by a mortar in heavy Iranian shelling in Kutaman region"

External links

• PJAK Homepage