According to Kurdish officials, Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran. These Kurdish groups are described as the most well-organized segment of the fragmented Iranian opposition and have thousands of trained fighters. Khalil Nadiri, an official with the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), said some of their forces had moved to areas near the Iranian border in Sulaymaniyah province and were on standby.
An official with Komala said their forces are ready to cross the border within a week to 10 days and were waiting for suitable conditions. The exact timing of any border crossing and the specific conditions being awaited remain unclear. S.
has asked Iraqi Kurds to support Kurdish Iranian dissident groups in a potential operation. S. officials regarding a potential operation, according to Khalil Nadiri.
I didn't come to kill people — I came to help people.
However, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated, 'None of our objectives are premised on the support or the arming of any particular force. S. requests to Iraqi Kurds has not been detailed.
Iraqi Kurdish leaders are in a delicate position regarding the potential operation, and their current stance on supporting it is unknown. Kurds in Iran have a long history of grievances and uprisings against the Islamic Republic and the preceding monarchy. Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a sovereign state, numbering around 30-40 million people, and are spread across Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria, where they have long been repressed by the Iranian regime.
Kurdish groups have butted heads with other opposition groups, such as the faction led by Reza Pahlavi, who accused them of being separatists. S. and Israel attacked Iran, the PAK had claimed attacks on the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for Tehran’s crackdown on protests.
I am waiting for the moment when people can return to Iran to help bring change. In Iran, people are suffering under the regime. Now is a big chance for change.
However, an official with the PAK said it had not sent forces from Iraq into Iran. The Daily Mail reported that Mossad-backed Kurdish forces are primed to begin a ground invasion, though the extent of Mossad's involvement is not specified. In a related development, a 31-year-old British man from northern England has gone to the Middle East to fight the Iranian regime.
He is driven by revenge after the regime killed his uncle over ten years ago and detained and beat him for opposition activity. The British man said, 'When I was younger, around 16, I was already involved in political activity. ' He added, 'The regime kills people who oppose it.
They do not believe in freedom, freedom of speech, or democracy. Anyone who stands against them becomes a target. ' The British man said, 'I could lose my life, but that is not the problem.
Freedom has a price. ' He claimed that the ground invasion will begin once he gets the green light and that volunteers from several European countries have joined the fight, though the number and origins of these volunteers are unknown. ' The British man also said, 'When the protests began in Iran, the government killed more than 40,000 people in the streets.
' He expressed, 'I feel very good, we believe the Regime is on its way out. ' He emphasized, 'I am waiting for the moment when people can return to Iran to help bring change. In Iran, people are suffering under the regime.