Iran allegedly pressuring Iraq to expel Kurdish opposition groups

Reports that Iran has ramped up pressure on Iranian Kurdish dissident groups in the Kurdistan Region, who have faced relentless Iranian strikes during the recent regional war, have placed Baghdad and Erbil in an unenviable diplomatic dilemma.

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Erdogan says dialogue with Kurds prevented 'insidious' Iran offensive

"I will conclude by saying this here: In the future, it will become clearer how bloody and insidious a game we, as Turks, Kurds, Arabs, and Persians, have thwarted," said Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Iran strikes four Kurdish opposition groups in Kurdistan Region

Camps housing Iranian Kurdish opposition members in the Kurdistan Region have been repeatedly targeted by Iranian strikes since the outbreak of the regional conflict, with attacks continuing amid a shaky ceasefire between the warring parties.

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Iran attacks Kurdish opposition group in Kurdistan Region

“In a continuation of the Islamic republic's strikes against Komala, three missiles targeted Komala's headquarters in the Doli Alana area today,” the group told The New Region. 

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Iranian Kurdish opposition urges UN to act against Iranian attacks

“The Alliance of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan calls on nations, the United Nations, and international bodies to take a position against these attacks by the Islamic Republic,” the groups said in a statement.

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Trump says does not want Kurds to attack Iran

“We’re not looking to the Kurds going in,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “We are very friendly with the Kurds … but we don’t want to make the war any more complex than it already is.” 

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EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s Kurdish opposition has ‘no relationship’ with US, says PJAK co-chair

Five Kurdish opposition parties from western Iran (Rojhelat) on Sunday announced the formation of a joint coalition called the “Alliance of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan." Days after the agreement, The New Region interviewed Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) co-chair Peyman Viyan, who signed the agreement on behalf of PJAK.

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Iran dismisses school principal over students' Kurdish anthem performance

Zeytoun Kahzadi, the principal of Ferdowsi Elementary Girls' School in Iran's Kermanshah province, was "summoned by the security forces and dismissed from her position due to the performance of the revolutionary anthem ‘Řêy Xebat' by a group of students," according to the Oslo-based Hengaw Human Rights Organization.

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Locals in Kurdish village of Iran harvest this year’s grapes

Photos by Awder Mohammed

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