The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces in hopes of prompting an uprising in Iran in the coming days, according to a report.
The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about how to get them military support as tensions escalate in the Middle East, multiple sources told CNN.
Iranian Kurdish opposition forces will take part in the ground operation slated to occur in Western Iran in the coming days, a senior Iranian Kurdish official told the outlet.
“We believe we have a big chance now,” the source said.
The militias have been eyeing an opening since the start of the war and are expecting support from the US and Israel, the source added.
Thousands of forces of Iranian Kurdish armed groups are operating along the Iraq-Iran border. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been striking Kurdish groups, announcing on Tuesday that it had launched dozens of drones at them, the outlet reported.
President Trump spoke with Mustafa Hijri, the President of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, which was targeted by the IRGC, on Tuesday, a senior official said.
Axios first reported that Trump had also called Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Sunday to discuss the US’s military operation in Iran and to assess whether they could work together.
