East Kurdish Family Fighting Together Against ISIS

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Kurdish Family Fighting Together on the Frontlines
Father, mother and daughter fighting against Islamic State
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28.01.2015  18:14
      

ERBIL

An Iranian Kurdish family is fighting together against Islamic State militants near the Mosul frontlines in northern Iraq.


Bestun Kalhori, originally from Kermanshah, a Kurdish city in the west of Iran, is a Peshmerga of the Iranian Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK). He is fighting alongside his wife and daughter.


“With the IS militants’ attacks on the Kurdistan Region, I bought my wife and daughter to fight together,” said Kalhori proudly.


“With our Peshmerga brothers and sisters, my family is fighting the Jihadi group near Mosul,” added Bestun.


Bestun says he has been Peshmerga for the last 22 years. He, his wife and his 18 year-old daughter won’t be leaving the frontline until they defeat IS militants in the area.


Kalhori he left Iran because of his oppostion to the regime in Tehran, and has lived in the Iraqi Kurdistan capital Erbil for more than a decade. By taking up arms, he is showing his love for Kurdistan, he says.


A number of Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have participated with the Peshmerga in fighting IS militants since their attacks on Kurdistan region began last June.