Peregraf
The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has officially scheduled the Gorran Movement’s party conference for April 26, 2025, with the commission set to chair the event.
A source from IHEC told Peregraf that the conference will serve as the only official gathering representing the entire Gorran Movement. “Both sides of Gorran can participate in this conference. It will be the sole recognized assembly under the movement’s name,” the source stated.
A source close to the Kurdsat faction of Gorran also confirmed the arrangement, saying the conference must involve members of the General Committee—around 2,000 individuals who originally signed in 2017 to establish Gorran in Iraq. However, only about 1,000 members remain, now split between the movement’s two rival factions.
“Most of the remaining committee members are aligned with the Kurdsat group, as it controls Gorran’s human resources, the Kurdistan Parliament bloc, and its media and communications arms,” the Kurdsat-aligned source told Peregraf.
IHEC recently rejected the legitimacy of the Zargata Hill faction’s conference, which was held on April 5 without the commission’s supervision, despite earlier approval for that date. The event included the election of 55 National Council members and ratification of the group’s political platform and internal regulations.
Meanwhile, the Kurdsat faction’s congress, originally scheduled for today, was postponed by the commission.
Gorran remains deeply divided between two groups: the Zargata faction, led by the sons of the party’s late founder Nawshirwan Mustafa, and the Kurdsat faction, headed by acting General Coordinator Dana Ahmed Majid.
IHEC’s new plan to oversee a unified conference could be a crucial step toward resolving the party’s internal split—or further intensify the divide.