Why Iranian Kurdish party is stepping up fight against Tehran - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohammed A. Salih

Mohammed A. Salih

Jul 1, 2016

An Iranian sniper stands on a hill as a helicopter flies overhead in military manoeuvres in western Iran, September 18, 2004. The manoeuvre by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are taking place near the border with Iraq. REUTERS/Fars News Agency MN/DBP - RTRB3OE — An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sniper stands on a hill as a helicopter flies overhead in military maneuvers in western Iran, Sept. 18, 2004. — REUTERS

Kurdish rebels move to gain US support for operations against Iran

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

An Iranian-Kurdish female fighter stands behind a sand berm during a battle with Islamic State militants in Bashiqa, near Mosul, Iraq November 03, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah - S1BEUKSWXTAD

Assassinations mount as Iranian Kurdish militants clash with Tehran

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga members of the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDPI) check the damage after a rocket attack inside their headquarters in Koysinjaq, 100 kilometres east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of eastern Iraq, on September 8, 2018. - At least a dozen members of the Iranian Kurdish rebel group were killed on September 8 in the a rocket attack on their headquarters carried out by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) has carried

Iran missile strike opens door to escalation with Kurdish armed groups

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

An Iranian Kurdish peshmerga member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) sprays red paint on holes in a wall made by shrapnel from a rocket attack days earlier.

Iranian commander warns Iraqi Kurdish government about harboring opposition

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff