The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the Donald Trump administration is reportedly in talks with the Kurdish armed groups in Iran and Iraq with the intention of arming them to take power in Iran, CNN reports.
The update comes after Axios reported earlier that Trump held talks with president of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), Mustafa Hijri. KDPI has, over the years, faced suppression under the current regime.
The Iranian Kurds are one of Iran’s largest minorities, at around 7-12 million people, or 8-15% of the country’s total population. They reside primarily in the country’s northwestern Iran, in provinces like Kurdistan, Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan, and Ilam.
The Kurdish armed forces are playing a key role against the opposition to the current Iranian regime with both on-ground mobilizations and statements seeking global solidarity. IN the statements the groups have hinted at a potential on-ground action against the Iranian regime.
Notably, along with conducting strikes on US and Israeli facilities across the Middle East, Iran is also hitting the Kurdish armed groups fearing a potential uprising.
In fact, a senior Iranian Kurdish official told that the Kurdish armed forces may launch a on-ground operation against the clerical regime in the coming days. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the current power vacum after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as “big opportunity.”
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