Some examples of resources:
English:
Fallah, Soraya, and Cklara Moradian. “Extrajudicial Assassination Under
International Law: The Case of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou.” Dr. Soraya Fallah
Official Blog, April 23, 2015. Accessed April 29, 2026. https://www.sorayafallah.com/2015/04/extrajudicial-killing-and-international.html
Fathollahnejad, Reza. Ghassemlou, the Messenger of Peace: With Emphasis on
His Democratic Socialism. Amazon, 2026.
Ghassemlou, Abdul Rahman. Kurdistan and the Kurds. Translated by Mirian
Jerinkova, revised by Jiri Stepanovsky, edited by Richard Wagner. London:
Collet’s, 1965. Published on behalf of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
Krulich-Ghassemlou, Helene. Love against All Reason: A European Woman Involved
in the Kurdish Fight for Freedom in Iran. Vol. 22 of Österreichische
Kulturforschung. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2017.
Prunhuber, Carol. Dreaming Kurdistan: The Life and Death of Kurdish Leader
Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou. New York: Peter Lang, Kindle edition.
Seyhanoglu, Fatih. The Assassination of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou in Vienna. LAP
LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018.
Swara, Mouloud, comp. In Tribute to Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou. Cologne: Tishk,
Center for Kurdish Studies, 2024.
Kurdish:
Ahmadi, Idris. لە
هێگلەوە بۆ قاسملوو، بەرەو کۆنگرەی چواردە و نوێکردنەوەی” “سوسیالیزمی دێموکراتیک
[From Hegel to Ghassemlou, A New Reading of Democratic Socialism] Kurdipedia,
2008.
Bazyar, Ismail. “قاسملوو،
ناسيوناليزم و ئەندێشەی چەپ [Ghassemlou, Nationalism, and Left-wing
Ideology].” In لە ژێر
ساباتی قاسملوودا [In the Light of Ghassemlou’s Thought], edited by Ali Bedaghi.
Kurdistan: Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Publication Center, 2023.
Ghassemlou, Abdulrahman. تاقگەی
حەقیقەت، بەشێک لە بەرهەمەکانی دوکتور قاسملوو [The Waterfall of the
Truth: Selections from the Works of Dr. Ghassemlou]. Compiled by Kawa Bahrami.
Kurdistan: PDKI Publication Center, 2003.
Ghassemlou, Abdulrahman. “چل ساڵ
خەبات لە پێناو ئازادی، کورتەیەک لە مێژووی حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران
[Forty Years Fighting for Freedom: A Brief History of the Democratic Party of
Iranian Kurdistan].” 3rd ed. Kurdistan: PDKI Publishing Center, 2000.
Hassanzadeh, Abdullah. نیو سەدە
تێکۆشان، ئاوڕێک لە خەبات و تێکۆشانی حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران
[Half a Century of Struggle: A Brief History of the Democratic Party of Iranian
Kurdistan]. Kurdistan: PDKI Publication Center, 1995.
Hijri, Mustafa. نسکۆ و
دابڕان [Resilience in the Face of Decline and Division]. Kurdistan:
Sardam Publication Center, 2015.
Krulich, Hélène. ئۆرووپاییەک
لە وڵاتی کورداندا [A European in the Land of the Kurds].
Translated by Nahid Hosaini. Hewlêr: Ktebkhana Gishtiakan, 2014.
Mahmud Shekhani, Hushmand Ali. عەبدولڕەحمان قاسملوو، ژیان و رۆڵی سیاسیی لە بزووتنەوەی رزگاریخوازی
کورددا ١٩٣٠–١٩٨٩ [Abdulrahman Ghassemlou: His Life and Political Role in the
Kurdish Liberation Movement, 1930–1989]. Hawler: Shahab Publication Center,
2007.
Mustafayi, Taimour. “واقیعبینی
سیاسی و گرینگیی بەنێونەتەوەییکردنی پرسی کورد” [“Political Realism
and the Importance of the Internationalization of the Kurdish Issue”]. In لە ژێر ساباتی قاسملوودا
[In the Light of Ghassemlou’s Thought], edited by Ali Bedaghi. Kurdistan:
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Publication Center, 2023.
Wirya, Ghader. قاسملوو
لە رێبازیدا زیندووە [Ghassemlou’s Legacy Lives Through His
Teachings]. Kurdistan, 2005.
French:
Ghassemlou, Abdul-Rahman. 40 Ans de Luttes. Translated by David Tokmatchi.
Independently Published, 2020.
Ghassemlou, Abdul Rahman. “[Kurds d’Iran].” Les Kurdes et le Kurdistan: La
question nationale kurde au Proche-Orient, edited by Gérard Chaliand. Paris:
François Maspero, 1978.
Krulich, Hélène. Une Européenne au pays des Kurdes. Preface by Juliette Minces
and afterword by Marc Kravetz. Paris: Karthala, 2011.
Seyhanoglu, Fatih. L’assassinat d’Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou à Vienne. Editions
Notre Savoir, 2022.
International Conference: Tribute to Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou
Organised by the Kurdish Institute of Paris
17 February 2020 — Palais du Luxembourg, Salle Médicis, Paris
The Kurdish Institute of Paris organised an international conference in tribute
to Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, bringing together members of his family,
political colleagues, academics, journalists, writers, human-rights advocates
and other figures who knew or worked with him.
The conference explored Ghassemlou's life, political career and international
legacy through four panels.
The Years of Training and Exile (1930–1978)
Moderator: Joyce Blau, Emeritus Professor, INALCO
Speakers:
Joyce Blau
Mina Ghassemlou, architect and daughter of Ghassemlou
Amir Ghazi, former member of the PDKI Political Bureau
Abdullah Hassanzadeh, former Secretary General of the PDKI
Abdullah Izzetpour, youth friend of Ghassemlou
Mahdi Khanbaba Tehrani, close friend of Ghassemlou
Adnan Mufti, former President of the Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan
Dr. Hassan Shatavi, nephew of Ghassemlou and author on the Ghassemlou family
The Years of Resistance: Relations with the Kurdish World (1978–1989)
Moderator: Rémi Féraud, Senator of Paris
Speakers:
Ahmad Eskandari
Fatos Guney
Mustafa Hijri, Secretary General of the PDKI
Hassan Sharafi, Deputy Secretary General of the PDKI
Mela Mohammad Juwanroi, former Peshmerga commander
Aziz Mameli, former PDKI representative in Europe
Abdullah Mohtadi, Secretary General of Komala
Mesut Tek, former Secretary General of the Socialist Party of Kurdistan of
Turkey
Ghassemlou, Figure of the Iranian Democratic Opposition
Moderator: Hamid Bozarslan, Professor at EHESS
Speakers:
Hedayat Matin Daftari, founder of the Iranian National Democratic Front
Hamid Bozarslan
Reza Deghati, photographer
Abdol Karim Lahidji, lawyer and former President of the International
Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Nasser Pakdaman, Emeritus Professor of Economics
Ghassemlou International
Moderator: Kendal Nezan, President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris
Speakers:
Gérard Chaliand, writer and geopolitician
Alain Chenal, editorialist, Le Monde
Bernard Kouchner, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Marc Kravetz, journalist
Carol Prunhuber, writer and author of a biography of Ghassemlou
Jonathan Randal, journalist
Dr. Florence Veber, former head of International Medical Aid
The conference offered a broad reflection on Ghassemlou's personal history,
political struggle, relations with the Kurdish movement, role in the Iranian
democratic opposition, and international legacy. The original conference page
also contains audio recordings associated with many of the speakers.
Original Source
Kurdish Institute of Paris — “Tribute to Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou”
https://www.institutkurde.org/en/conferences/ghassemlou-2020/
Citation: Kurdish Institute of Paris, Tribute to Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou,
International Conference, Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, 17 February 2020.
