US EditionCIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
The CIA is aiding Kurdish forces near the Iraq-Iran border to enable an uprising against Iran’s regime, while the US debates providing weapons and training to opposition groups.
- Recent reporting indicates the CIA is coordinating with Iraqi Kurdistan to arm Iranian Kurdish forces for a potential uprising, CNN reports.
- Outreach by the administration included a recent presidential call that aimed to pin down Iranian security forces so unarmed Iranian civilians can rise without mass reprisals like January's unrest.
- Near the Iraq–Iran border, Kurdish armed groups numbering in the thousands maintain a strong presence as Israeli military strikes western Iran and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps target Kurdish forces with drones.
- U.S. intelligence cautions that the Kurds lack what it would take to succeed, noting failure could reinforce claims of U.S. abandonment and undermine Iraqi sovereignty.
- Analysts point out past CIA-Kurdish links and broader limits of external regime-change efforts, noting the CIA's 1953 covert operations in Iran caused deep blowback and Iraqi Kurdish factions host a CIA outpost.
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The CIA is working to arm the Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, several people familiar with the plan told CNN. Trump’s government has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about the possibility of providing them with military support, sources said. Iranian Kurdish armed groups have thousands of forces operating along the Iraq-Iran border, mainly in the Iraqi Kurd…
Trump CIA secretly arming Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran: report
The Trump administration is secretly arming Kurdish forces to ignite a popular uprising against Iran's regime, multiple sources revealed to CNN in an explosive new report.The CIA has been actively coordinating with Iranian opposition groups and Iraqi Kurdish leaders to provide military backing for t...
(New York = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Ji-heon = U.S. President Donald Trump is considering supporting Kurdish armed forces to overthrow the Iranian regime, according to reports on the 3rd (currently...
Reports indicate contacts between the Trump administration and Kurdish organizations and Iranian opposition groups – A ground operation in western Iran is expected in the coming days
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