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Posted on 06/30/2026 11:50:25 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
A massive wave of armed insurrections and targeted assassinations has erupted across western Iran, leaving multiple regime security forces dead as overstretched IRGC units struggle to contain internal rebellions while fighting a broader regional war.
A fresh wave of violence is shaking Iran’s Kurdish west, where Kurdish opposition fighters and Iranian regime forces are now clashing across multiple flashpoints from Mahabad and Baneh to Paveh and Marivan. The sudden intensification of domestic fighting comes at a critical moment for the Islamic Republic, as its elite military forces find themselves highly vulnerable to localized insurgencies. Tehran is forced to divert critical resources to its western borderlands even as it deals with massive strategic losses and geopolitical pressure across the wider Middle East.
The latest escalation comes as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims it killed six members of a Kurdish opposition team in the mountains between Mahabad and Piranshahr. Regime officials announced that four bodies, weapons, and equipment were successfully seized after an IRGC ambush backed by heavy artillery fire. The Free Life Party of Kurdistan, known as PJAK, has not yet confirmed those claimed losses among its ranks.
This mountainous clash follows a string of highly targeted attacks on regime security personnel deep within civilian areas. In Paveh, two local IRGC and Basij members were shot dead directly outside their homes, while two others were left severely wounded. State linked outlets and local officials reported that two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire at the entrance of the residential buildings before fleeing the scene. The deceased men were officially identified as Burhan Karisani and Khaled Khaledinia, both local regime linked personnel.
Local human rights activists revealed that one of the slain men was actively accused of helping suppress the Woman, Life, Freedom protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, in regime custody. A newly emerged Kurdish group calling itself Khor-e Hiva, or Sun of Hope, reportedly claimed responsibility for the Paveh targeted assassination, though that claim remains unverified by independent intelligence agencies.
Further north, a daring checkpoint attack in Baneh killed at least two Iranian security personnel and wounded several others in a rapid firefight. In response to the growing chaos, PJAK leaders stated that IRGC forces launched a major counter operation near Gagosh, south of Mahabad, triggering heavy clashes with its fighters. Separate reports indicate earlier heavy fighting occurred between the IRGC and the YRK, which serves as PJAK’s armed wing, around the Marivan region after regime artillery and mortar attacks targeted Kurdish border areas.
Kurdish opposition fighters opposed to the Iranian regime have faced repeated missile and drone attacks from Iran in recent weeks amid the ongoing war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. PJAK is one of several Iranian Kurdish opposition groups operating around Iran’s mountainous western frontier, frequently utilizing the rugged terrain to launch surprise raids against government infrastructure. Tehran has long pressured Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to disarm or expel these groups, while repeatedly striking Kurdish opposition positions across the international border.
The current blistering pace of internal attacks suggests something far more dangerous for the theological regime. Iran’s internal fault lines are widening rapidly while the IRGC is already stretched thin by regional war, proxy losses, and deepening economic instability at home. With the military focused heavily on external threats, domestic rebel factions are exploiting the security vacuum to challenge the regime's iron grip on the country.
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This is certainly what we need. Trump said the Kurds kept the weapons.
Trump and allies should set up a program where the Strait must remain open and the cost of ANY AND ALL damages inflicted upon shipping by Iran will be 100% covered by IRANIAN IMPOUNDED FUNDS. This would stiffen the spines of the shipping insurers and reinsurers. And IRANIANS UNDERSTAND MONEY, do not want to lose it and will punish (i.e., kill) those who cause the loss. And the ones causing the loss are the IRGC.
I’m posting this in every thread where the absence of such MONETARY DAMAGES ASSESSMENT is partially responsible for the situation. Current methods are NOT WORKING!
Kurds were always the good guys in Iraq.
“Kurds were always the good guys in Iraq.”
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True at the time. However, they are Muslim for the most part as well. Be careful what we wish for.
“Meet the new boss...same as the old boss”
No nukes and a 100 year civil war. Sounds good.
“This is certainly what we need. Trump said the Kurds kept the weapons.”
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Until the Artesh (Reg Army) get involved against the IRGC, there won’t be much change.
Historically it was Kurds who did the most damage to the Crusader states.
Eh, I suspect the IRGC won’t be able to contain Tehran and the Kurds at the same time.
as long as they can’t project real power beyond their borders, it doesn’t matter who runs it.
Kurds should be granted the land in Iran and Syria for their homeland.
Bkmk
“A massive wave of armed insurrections and targeted assassinations”
...sounds a bit hyperbolic, based on the incidents they describe (onesy, twosey killings), but it does sound like a pick up in internal disruption with Kurdish militants inside Iran.
Marines, Rangers and Airborne need to be turned loose for a few days with air support, THEN aircraft and navy could do a reasonable job of keeping the strait open.
The biggest problen is that Trump doesn't have the balls.
GOD BLESS THE KURDS...THEY WAITED FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO ACT!!
THIS IS THE ...BEST...BEST NEWS OF THE DAY.
I WAS WAITING AND WAITING AND ...NOW THEY ARE...ACTING.
THIS IS THE TURNING POINT.
I’M PRAYING FOR THE KURDS...THEY DESERVE THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
“Kurds should be granted the land in Iran and Syria for their homeland.”
They also hold a large part of Iraq.
And a bit of Turkey, which is the sticking point.
Kurds - attacking the IRGC.
If the Kurds can de-stabilize Tehran, and the USA can de-stabilize Kharg Island, the rest of Iran might collapse.
With the military focused heavily on external threats, domestic rebel factions are exploiting the security vacuum to challenge the regime’s iron grip on the country.
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