Originally formed in 1964, it merged into the Kurdish Democratic Party in 1970.

The party was revived by a group of anti-Barzani dissidents in the KDP leadership in 1974.

The refounded Kurdish Revolutionary Party joined the National Progressive Front and supported the Kurdish autonomy law proposed by the Iraqi government.

[1][2] The party was led by Abd as-Sattar Tahir Sharif,[3] who left Iraq in 1999.

[4] The party obtained two seats in the national parliament in the March 24, 1996, elections.