US EditionExiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Iran’s theocracy falls
- Iranian Kurdish refugees in Iraq's Kawa Camp, displaced since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, await the Iranian regime's collapse to return home. More than 300 families live in the Qushtapa district, often lacking full civil rights.
- Many residents harbor deep mistrust of foreign powers, viewing recent reports that the Trump administration considered using them for ground operations as exploitation of their cause. Kurdish groups lack sophisticated weaponry and drones, with fewer than 5,000 armed militants available.
- Ongoing militia drone attacks have forced Kurdish fighters to relocate families from military camps to civilian communities for safety. Residents in Kawa fear Iranian intelligence, with one noting, "We are nervous at night because we think they might hit here also."
- The current strategy among the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan involves waiting for the regime to weaken before intervening. Kayuan Faramarzi, representative of Komala, stated their goal is to step forward only when the government is vulnerable.
- Historical precedents like the 1946 Republic of Mahabad serve as warnings against relying on foreign intervention, where external support failed. A Kurdish Institute report noted Kurds are often "praised in times of need, and abandoned when stability is negotiated without their participation.
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Meet the Kurdish guerrillas hoping America will support them blazing a path to Tehran
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS, Iraq — About 5 kilometers from Iran, aircraft roar overhead. Are the planes American, Israeli, Iranian? The Kurdish fighter shrugged and urged haste. The final stretch to his militia’s base could be reached only on foot, along a steep path covered in loose rock. Out in the open, everyone is vulnerable. A tunnel leads to the underground base in a sliver of the Zagros Mountains in northeastern Iraq. The Iranian-Kurdish guerrilla …
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Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Iran’s theocracy falls
Iranian Kurdish families living in a camp in Iraq hold on to one hope: that the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran weakens Iran’s theocracy and lets go back home.
Will the Kurds Fight Iran for the US, Again? - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity
Will the Kurds fight the government in Tehran at Washington’s urging, opening a new ground front in Iran? The US seemingly wants them to, but the Kurds and Washington have a sordid history on this topic. What will Kurdish leaders advise their people to do? Imagine you are one of those Kurdish leaders today, say age mid-sixties. You grew up hearing your elders talk of Sykes–Picot, the 1916 agreement secretly negotiated during World War I to divid…
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