Salah Bayaziddi is the U.S. Representative of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Following the Iranian revolution in 1979, Mr. Bayaziddi as a young sympathizer joined the Komala Party and became an activist in the Kurdish struggle against the Iranian government. In 1982, government security forces arrested him. Mr. Bayaziddi survived over two years of torture and solitary confinement for his beliefs in a free and democratic Iran based on equality for all ethnic and religious groups including Kurds. Following his release from prison, he was under strict watch by government security agencies. From 1984 to 1990, he was deprived the right to study, the right to work and the right to travel outside Iran. In 1990, Mr. Bayaziddi escaped Iran through the mountains of Turkey. In Ankara, he was accepted as a new Canadian immigrant through the Office of UNHCR.  In 1991, Mr. Bayaziddi resettled in Toronto.  He has been active in Kurdish causes and human rights in Iran for over 35 years. Following Komala Party’s 14th Congress in 2013 and its 15th Congress in 2017, Mr. Bayaziddi was elected to a leadership position as a member of its Central Committee.  He has served as Komala’s Representative to the United States since 2018.  Mr. Bayaziddi has a PhD from NSU Florida.