Tehran, Baghdad Agree to Expel Anti-Iran Terror Groups From Iraqi Kurdistan: Iran Envoy
- On Monday, Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Mohammed Kazem Al-e Sadegh claimed Iraq agreed to expel or hand over Iranian Kurdish opposition groups from the Kurdistan Region following a joint security meeting in Baghdad.
- Heavy clashes broke out on Thursday, October 15, 2026, between forces of the Kurdistan Free Life Party and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Shaho Mountains, prompting intensification of artillery and drone strikes.
- Captain Sina Ahmadi of the IRGC was killed on Saturday amid heightened tensions in the border region; Ahmadi was from West Azerbaijan province.
- Iran continues "mop-up operations" in the Kurdistan Region targeting anti-opposition groups, having carried out recent strikes against Komala, PDKI, and Khabat organizations.
- PJAK remains affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party , an Iranian Kurdish branch operating amid broader regional conflicts involving Iran and Israel.
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Iran says it has agreement with Iraq to expel Kurdish Iranian opposition groups
Iran’s ambassador to Iraq claimed on October 20 that Iraq has agreed to expel Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region. The announcement came amid increased Iranian attacks on these groups and as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party withdraws from positions in northern Iraq as part of a peace process with Turkey. An Iraqi source disputes Tehran's claim that an expulsion agreement has been reached. The post Iran says it has agreeme…
Baghdad and Tehran agreed that the opposition groups of the Iranian Kurds would be obliged to leave Iraqi Kurdistan, or to be sent across the border to the Iranian authorities, said the Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadeq. "The two sides agreed either to expel Iranian separatist terrorist groups from Iraqi Kurdistan or to send them to Iran," transmitting his words to The National on Tuesday.
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Iran says Iraq will expel exiled Kurdish opposition members
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