They did protect the Christians.
The difference not is the Leaders in Iraq, Not the Kurds themselves.
I think WND got bad info on part of this. I have a Kurd friend in Syria who told me about corruption in the Iraq Government behind this. Influenced by Iran. I don’t need to tell you how Iran treats Christians.
See my posts above.
You seem to think (or pretend) that there is ongoing or long-standing severe persecution of Christians in Iran, while whitewashing the persecution (or conflict) of Christians vy Kurds.
To sum it up: the mullahs in Iran persecute Muslims converting to Christianity and missiobary activity among Muslims.
Iran does not persecute Assyrian or Armenian Christians. They are recognized, protected sizeable minorities and have parliamentary representation. Armenia-Iran relations especially are quite good and far reaching.