US not arming Iranian Kurd opposition in Iraqi Kurdistan, official says

By AFP 27 March 2026, 6:11 pm

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A senior Iraqi Kurdistan official says the United States is not arming Iranian Kurdish opposition groups exiled in his autonomous region, reiterating that his government opposes any involvement by these groups in the Middle East war.

“We have not seen any attempts by the United States, any branch of the United States, to arm Iranian opposition groups in Kurdistan,” deputy prime minister of the autonomous northern region, Qubad Talabani, tells AFP in an interview.

Regional authorities tell the groups it would be “very unwise” for them to take part from Iraqi Kurdistan, he said, adding: “We would not allow that to happen from here.”