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Intervention in Iran is being prepared, pro-American Kurdish forces are mobilizing in northern Iraq
2026-03-05 15:55:24 / BOTA
Pro-American Iranian Kurdish factions based in northern Iraq are gathering armed units that could cross into Iran, according to Iraqi officials and senior Kurdish leaders, raising the possibility of a new front in a conflict that is already spreading across the region. The preparations come as US-Israeli strikes continue to hit Iranian military and government targets, including along the border where Kurdish groups have long operated.
People familiar with past U.S. efforts say the CIA has previously supplied these Kurdish groups with small arms as part of a covert campaign to pressure Tehran, although the White House insisted Wednesday that President Donald Trump has not approved any plan for the Kurds to launch an uprising. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt called reports of such authorization “completely false.”
Inside Washington, officials are debating whether a Kurdish incursion could divert Iranian forces and create new opportunities for allied air strikes. But current and former officials warn that Kurdish fighters lack the heavy weaponry needed to threaten Iran's central government and that most Iranians — especially most Persians — would not support an armed Kurdish advance.
Iran has pressured Baghdad to prevent any cross-border movement, and Iraqi Kurdish authorities have publicly maintained neutrality. However, some Iranian Kurdish leaders say some factions are preparing to move forward regardless, emboldened by the extensive damage that US and Israeli strikes have caused to border posts, communication towers and security facilities in western Iran. Satellite images and verified videos show extensive destruction in cities such as Sanandaj, Marivan and Baneh.
According to Kurdish and Iraqi security officials, Trump recently spoke with senior Iraqi Kurdish leaders, including Massoud Barzani and Bafel Talabani, about the situation. An Iranian Kurdish leader said Trump also held a phone call with Mustafa Hijri, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, to discuss the possibility of sending fighters across the border. The White House declined to comment on those conversations.
Kurdish groups themselves remain divided. Some leaders fear that getting too close to Washington could expose Kurdish civilians to retaliation if the effort fails. Others argue that the current conflict presents a rare opportunity after years of repression by Iranian security forces, especially in Kurdish regions that were among the most active during nationwide protests earlier this year.
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