Summary: An Iranian Kurdish opposition group based in Iraq states that a ground military operation into Iran is "highly likely" and confirms that the U.S. has made contact with them.
Main Topics Covered:
1. The threat of a potential ground operation by Iranian Kurdish fighters from Iraq into Iran.
2. Confirmation of contact between these fighters and the United States.
Kurdish fighters say Iran ground operation ‘highly likely’
Kurdish fighters say Iran ground operation ‘highly likely’
Babasheikh Hosseini, the Iraq-based secretary general of the Khabat Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan, has told Al Jazeera it is highly likely that Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish fighters will stage a ground operation in Iran, confirming that the US had made contact.
Published On 7 Mar 2026