<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a> flag day, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kurdistan" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of Kurdistan">flag of Kurdistan</a> was raised for the first time in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabad" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mahabad">Mahabad</a> in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).<sup about="#mwt61" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_17#cite_note-10" id="mw8Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8g">[10]</span></a></sup>
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