Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Tawayen da Kurdawa na Jam'iyyar Demokradiyyar Iran suka yi a 1989, wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa 1996, a matsayin wani ɓangare na
Gwagwarmayar raba kan Kurdawa. Fashewar rikici a watan Yulin 1989 ya haifar da kisan gillar shugaban KDPI Abdul Rahman Qassemlou da ake zargi da jami'an gwamnatin Iran. Mafi yawan tashin hankali ya faru ne a 1990 da 1991, lokacin da sojojin Kurdawa suka kaddamar da hare-hare a kan sansanonin sojan Iran a yankunan Kurdawa na Iran. Wannan ya haifar da mummunan ramuwar gayya daga gwamnatin Iran, da nufin kawar da jagorancin KDPI ta hanyar kashe Sadegh Sharafkandi da sauran shugabannin KDPI a 1992 don hana ikon jam'iyyar Kurdawa aiki. Rikicin ya ɓace tare da ingantaccen manufofin kisan kai na Iran kuma a cikin 1996 KDPI ba ta da ikon yin aikin soja kuma ta sanar da tsagaita wuta ta gefe ɗaya. Rikicin ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar daruruwan mutane, mafi yawa sojojin gwamnatin Iran da mayakan Kurdawa.