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Plan for Autonomy of Iranian Kurdistan |
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Monday, 13 June 2005 |
Adopted: November 1983
The National Council of Resistance of Iran announces the present plan
for securing the autonomy of Iranian Kurdistan in order to secure and
strengthen as much as possible the popular sovereignty, territorial
integrity, and the national consolidation and unity of the country, and
in view of the just struggles of the people of Kurdistan for the
provision of democracy in Iran and autonomy in Kurdistan and in order
to overcome the double oppression of the oppressed Kurdish nationality.
This plan is capable of being effected within the framework of the
program of the National Council of Resistance and the Provisional
Government of the Democratic Islamic Republic of Iran and the Immediate
Tasks of the provisional Government , and has been specifically drawn
up and ratified on the basis of Article 3 of the Immediate Tasks of the
Provisional Government, that the anti-popular war waged against the
people of Kurdistan must be brought to an end by declaring autonomy for
Kurdistan within the framework of Iran's territorial integrity, (and)
attempts must be made to eliminate the consequences of this war. The
plan shall guide the future actions of the Provisional Government over
the autonomy of Iranian Kurdistan. The arrangements and manner of
execution of the present plan shall be specified by the Provisional
Government of the Democratic Islamic Republic of Iran. The Provisional
Government is bound to make the necessary efforts to fulfill this plan.
1- The autonomous region encompasses all of Iranian Kurdistan. The
geographical domain of this region shall be determined by reference to
the general vote of the people in the region occupied by the Kurds.
2- The legislative organ in the internal affairs of the autonomous
region is the Supreme Council of Kurdistan, the members of which shall
be elected through free elections with a general, direct, equal and
secret ballot.
The general laws of the Republic are binding in the autonomous region.
The ratification made by the Supreme Council of Kurdistan must not
violate the general laws of the Republic.
3- The administration of all affairs of the autonomous region of
Kurdistan, a part from the affairs cited below that are recognized to
be within the authority of the Central Government, falls within the
authority of the organs of autonomy.
The determination of the highest organs of running these affairs and
for monitoring their activities is the responsibility of the supreme
Council of Kurdistan.
4- The maintenance of internal security in the autonomous region is the
responsibility of the organs of autonomy, which shall organize an
appropriate force for this task with observance of Article 2 of the
present plan.
5- Affairs related to foreign policy and foreign relations, national
security of the Republic and national defense (consisting of protection
of the borders, preservation of territorial integrity and unity of the
Republic) are within the authority of the Central Government. The Armed
Forces in the autonomous region, as in other parts of Iran, do not have
the right to intervene in internal security affairs.
6- Affairs related to foreign trade and Customs, determination of the
monetary and financial system of the country, execution of the duties
related to the Central bank, drafting of the general budget and
economic programs that are of national importance or that require
considerable investments, are within the authority of the Central
Government.
Administration of other economic affairs of the autonomous region fall within the authority of the organs of autonomy.
Exploitation of natural resources and general assets of the country
that are of national importance is within the authority of the Central
Government and shall take place to the benefit of the entire population
of Iran. In the autonomous region of Kurdistan, the organs of autonomy
shall assist the central Government to exploit these resources and
assets.
7- The Kurdish tongue is the official language for teaching and
internal correspondence in the autonomous region, and the right to
learn in the Kurdish language is officially recognized for all
inhabitants of the region. The Farsi tongue is the official language in
the autonomous region as in other region of Iran, and shall be taught
in schools alongside the Kurdish language. The Kurdistan autonomous
region's administration shall correspond with the capital, with other
regions, as well as with the departments attached to the Central
Government that are in the autonomous region, in Farsi. All non-Kurdish
inhabitants in autonomous Kurdistan are free to practice their own
culture and have the right to receive education in their own language.
8- All rights and freedoms stipulated in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and the international covenants related to it, such as the
freedom of belief and expression, freedom of the press, freedom of the
formation and activity of political parties and organizations, trade,
workers and rural unions and councils, democratic associations, freedom
to choose occupation and place of residence, and freedom of religion
shall be guaranteed in Kurdistan as in other parts of Iran. All
inhabitants of Kurdistan, be they women or men, shall enjoy equal
social, economic, political and cultural rights, as in other regions of
Iran, without any form of sexual, tribal, ethnic or religious
discrimination.
9- There is a single judicial system in the Republic and in the
autonomous region the courts will deal with claims in accordance with
laws of the Republic and also laws passed by the Supreme Council of
Kurdistan. The security forces of autonomous Kurdistan, like the
security forces of other parts of the country, will act as the bailiffs
of the judicial Ministry and are bound to implement the verdicts,
orders and arrangements of the courts and judicial authorities.
10- The organs of autonomy are bound to refrain from interfering in the
affairs recognized to be within the special authority of the Central
Government, and are obliged to assist the Central Government to carry
out its duties in the region. In the same manner, the Central
Government and its executive organs of autonomy to carry out their
duties.
11- The Central Government, in carrying out its duties in securing the
rapid progress and development of the backward regions of the country,
is charged to allocate a greater share of public revenues to overcome
the backwardness of the autonomous region of Kurdistan.
12- The people of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, like the rest of
their compatriots throughout Iran, will participate in running the
affairs of the country through legal channels and without any form of
discrimination. |
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