Are the Kurds the US’s new pawn to topple the Iranian regime?
U.S. support for a potential intervention by Iranian Kurdish factions revives the specter of Washington’s historical betrayals of these forces in the region.
Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, last month. (Credit: Reuters)
The United States appears to have realized that a regime change would require a ground offensive in Iran. And since they do not intend to send any American soldiers on the ground, they have decided to support Iranian Kurdish factions, currently massed by the thousands in Iraqi Kurdistan along the Iranian border.From the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan – an alliance of the five main Kurdish parties in exile in Erbil, formed at the end of February to overthrow the Islamic Republic which has long repressed the Kurdish community – their troops confirmed to the Associated Press (AP) Wednesday evening that they are preparing for a military operation, which would make it the first ground intervention force in this conflict.Despite Washington’s repeated denials of any American support for this initiative, President Donald...
The United States appears to have realized that a regime change would require a ground offensive in Iran. And since they do not intend to send any American soldiers on the ground, they have decided to support Iranian Kurdish factions, currently massed by the thousands in Iraqi Kurdistan along the Iranian border.From the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan – an alliance of the five main Kurdish parties in exile in Erbil, formed at the end of February to overthrow the Islamic Republic which has long repressed the Kurdish community – their troops confirmed to the Associated Press (AP) Wednesday evening that they are preparing for a military operation, which would make it the first ground intervention force in this conflict.Despite Washington’s repeated denials of any American support for this initiative, President...
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Nothing but a limited regional effect in small part of the country and mainly to further their own independence agenda - not the wests agenda…. Essentially just a mosquito on the behind of an elephant
Nothing but a limited regional effect in small part of the country and mainly to further their own independence agenda - not the wests agenda…. Essentially just a mosquito on the behind of an elephant
06 March 2026 19:37