US EditionCIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
The CIA plans to arm Iranian Kurdish forces to trigger an uprising and weaken Iran’s regime, with U.S. and Israeli support amid recent border strikes.
- Multiple outlets, including CNN and Reuters, reported on March 3 that the CIA is working to arm Iranian Kurdish forces to foment an uprising, sources say.
- Aimed at pinning down Iranian security forces, sources say planners exploit U.S.-Israeli strikes and killings to enable unarmed Iranian civilians to rise without January massacres.
- Logistics planners envision supplying weapons, training and intelligence, requiring Iraqi Kurdish cooperation to transit through Iraqi Kurdistan and using the U.S. consulate and outposts in Erbil, with President Donald Trump coordinating supply lines with Kurdish leaders.
- A senior Kurdish official said a ground operation could begin within days, with Iranian Kurdish forces expecting U.S. and Israeli support as Iran's IRGC struck Kurdish groups with drones on Tuesday.
- Fractured Kurdish politics and past disillusionment with the U.S. complicate the plan, as U.S. intelligence assessments say Iranian Kurdish groups lack resources without extensive U.S. and Israeli intervention, risking Iraqi sovereignty and Kurdish disillusionment.
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The US wants to instigate an uprising in Iran. Kurdish organizations have backed the project and called on the Iranian military to surrender. Now the CIA wants to arm the Kurds
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Kurdish dissident groups say they are preparing to join the fight against Iran with US support
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White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump "spoke with Kurdish leaders on our base in northern Iraq," but said that "it is completely false that the Kurdish forces will be armed in the hope of inspiring the popular uprising in Iran."
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