Kurdish fighters have begun crossing the border from Iraq into Iran in what has been described as a CIA-backed insurgency.
The Iranian government, on Thursday, warned of “terrorist movement” on the country’s western borders, according to Al Jazeera.
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The Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, called for increased security to prevent the operation of the rebel group within Iran.
The US government is in talks with Kurdish armed groups and is considering arming them to foment an uprising in Iran that could topple the Islamic government.
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PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the administration is actively discussing with Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq and northwestern Iran, as President Donald Trump’s call for a popular uprising in Iran failed to yield desired results.
Mr Trump, before and after the death of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, had urged Iranians to take to the streets and bring an end to the Iranian government.
Mr Trump told Iranians to “take back their country.” It was a charge for an uprising from the American president, who earlier made it clear that his goal for launching an unprovoked attack on Iran was to trigger regime change. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also repeatedly made the same call.
However, events in Iran show that despite days of bombing, there is no indication of a popular uprising among citizens.
Due to this, the US now appears to be turning towards Kurdish rebels, a minority group in the fringes of Iran, Iraq and Turkey that has for years opposed the Iranian government. It carried out numerous attacks in the Kurdistan province of Iran.
The group has also carried out attacks in other Western provinces.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that President Donald Trump called and discussed with Kurdish leaders in Iraq on Sunday in what has been described as an effort to reach out to key partners in the region.
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Meanwhile, Iran’s intelligence ministry said it has begun to attack Kurdish fighters trying to enter the country through its western borders.
It disclosed that it had launched strikes against Iraq-based Kurdish groups “opposed to the revolution,” according to The Guardian.
“Separatist groups should not think that a breeze has blown and try to take action,” the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, was quoted as saying.
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