Posted on 03/07/2026 6:39:52 AM PST by fruser1
Israel has been bombing parts of western Iran to support Iranian Kurdish militias who hope to exploit the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic to seize towns near the frontier, three sources familiar with Israel’s talks with the factions told Reuters Friday.
US President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday it would be “wonderful” if they crossed the border. Trump’s comments came after some reports had suggested that Iraqi Kurdish groups had already crossed the border into Iran, though the Iraqi government and the autonomous Kurdistan region denied the claims and said that “Iraqi territory must not be used as a launching point for attacks against neighboring countries.”
Israel has been holding its own talks with Iranian Kurdish insurgent groups based in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan for around a year, two Iranian Kurdish sources said”
Five long-standing Iranian dissident groups announced an alliance just at the end of last month.
It includes the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), and the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), which have all participated in insurgencies and maintain fighters in Iraq.
In an interview with Channel 12 published Friday, senior PDKI official Mohammad Saleh Qadri said that his group was ready and waiting to enter Iran from Iraq and begin seizing territory from the Iranian government.
“We must remember that for the past 47 years, the Kurds have been victims of the ideology that has taken over Iran. Fifty thousand Kurds have been killed in the years of our struggle,” Qadri told the Israeli outlet. “Our struggle is for the self-determination of the Kurdish people in Iranian Kurdistan.”
Both Iranian Kurdish sources said the factions’ goal would be to establish a semi-autonomous region in a federal Iran, similar to the model in Iraq.
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I hope the Kurds get all the support and help they need. They’ve been on the “receiving” end for too long....
Bret Baier had a Kurdish leader on Friday’s show. Got me wondering if he’s on Iran’s side.
They need their own country. Just give them all the captured weapons.
Let’s hope China doesn’t decide to use Iran to wage a proxy war with the US.
Bush hung them out to dry
Bret Baier is a NeverTrumper so he is for whoever can hurt Trump.
Thank God for Israel! Best ally we have.
Trump's policy in Iran is kind of like Jenga. Take out a piece here and there and in time, the whole thing collapses.
The Israeli goal is a failed state, or maybe civil war like Syria. They would spread misery 1000 miles around as long as their homeland is safe. Says a lot about them… not good things either. It’s part of their backwards inverted morality system. They think they are reliving Esther and the brown cow.
The thought of Kurds in charge in Iran kind of worries me. I'm afraid they'd be on the "revenge" end for too long. We need a group of Iranian patriots to step up and form a decent government.
They will be using the Kurds for bait.
I agree.
Random post I saw: John T. Williams
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What Trump has accomplished in less than a week in Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, securing shipping of 20% of the world’s oil supply, building an alliance with the Persian Gulf countries, destroying BRICS, ending Lloyd’s of London’s 300 year control of maritime shipping insurance, choking off China, etc. will go down in history as an absolute brilliant masterclass in strategy and leadership.
China is reeling. The UK is sidelined. Iran is isolated. America is back...ferocious, lethal, and in total control.
She said this on someone's podcast yesterday. Don't remember who.
“the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)”
isn’t any entity that calls itself democratic usually the antithesis of democracy? IE DDR, DPRK, kampochia etc
Trump to Bibi, go get em. The gloves are off.
The CCP has been doing that for decades. Where have you been?
Some of the Kurds are Communists. So, ....
There are reports that Iranian officers are abandoning their outfits, leaving them without leadership.
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