The Khabat Organization of Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: سازمانى خه‌باتى كوردستانى ئێران, Persian: سازمان خبات انقلابی کردستان ایران), usually called Khabat (Kurdish for "struggle"), is an armed ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, currently exiled in northern Iraq.

[5][6][7] The beginning of the revolution in Kurdistan began in Mahabad, then Baneh, people marched and demonstrated against the Shah with different slogans, led by Sheikh Jalal Hosseini, especially after the funeral of Khan Ahmad Khani.

Sheikh Jalal attacked the authorities of the Shah of Iran and called them tyrannical and spoke about the corruption and evils of this government to the people.

After the victory of the revolution and the fall of the monarchy, Khomeini's return from Paris to Tehran and the formation of a provisional government headed by a businessman,[8] The forces of East Kurdistan led by Sheikh Ezadin Hosseini visited the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to discuss Kurdish rights.

[9] However, the visit was unsuccessful because the newly elected authorities believed that this would lead to the division of Iran and therefore did not implement Sheikh Jalal's demands.

Many people in Iran participated, but few Kurds because they believed that the referendum had no indication of granting Kurdish rights, especially Sheikh Ezzadin.

[11][12] Khabat Organization was established on August 27, 1980 by Sheikh Jalal with the help of several other religious teachers who supported the Kurdish-Islamic nationalism.

Although the Khabat Organization had stated that they were not formed to oppose these parties, but their main goal was to fight the regime forces and achieve Kurdish rights.