The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has denied reports alleging it is participating in a campaign against Iran or helping arm and send Kurdish opposition groups into Iranian territory. Peshawa Hawramani, the KRG spokesperson, called such claims “completely unfounded,” saying they are being circulated “deliberately and maliciously.” He added that neither the Kurdistan Regional Government nor the political parties within it are part of any effort to expand the conflict, and emphasized the region’s call for peace and stability.
Hawramani strongly condemned recent attacks on the Kurdistan Region and urged the Iraqi federal government and the international community to act to halt assaults and protect the region’s land and people. His comments were posted on X.
The denials follow media reports suggesting increased Kurdish force activity along the Iraq-Iran border. The Economist reported a buildup of Kurdish forces on the frontier amid continued strikes by Israeli and U.S. forces against Iranian targets. CNN published reports that the CIA had been working to arm Kurdish groups to encourage an uprising inside Iran, and that U.S. President Donald Trump had spoken with the president of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI). Iranian Kurdish armed groups reportedly have thousands of fighters operating near the Iraq-Iran border.
Separately, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned it is ready for a protracted conflict and announced plans to introduce a new generation of strategic weapons. Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini said Iran was prepared for a “long war to punish the aggressor” and claimed that recent strikes under “Operation True Promise” have used only a fraction of Iran’s capabilities. He warned that additional technologies and initiatives have not yet been deployed on a large scale and that the enemy should expect “painful blows” in future operations.
The exchanges of strikes continue as the situation enters its sixth day: the U.S. and Israel have maintained intensive bombing of Iranian targets while Iran has launched attacks on U.S. assets in the region. Media outlets and official statements remain at odds over the involvement of outside actors and proxy groups.
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