Iran: Authorities threatened to attack Iraqi Kurdistan

The authorities in Tehran threatened to attack “all facilities in Iraqi Kurdistan” if Kurdish militants entered the muslim Republic”, she passed the AFP today, citing the agency Mehr.

Until now, only US and Israeli bases and separatist groups in the region have been attacked," stressed the press agency Mehr, citing a letter from the Iranian Defence Council.

On Wednesday, U.S. media reported that Iranian Kurd militias began an offensive in northwestern Iran. The media of Iraqi Kurdistan denied these reports, although some, like Kurdish station Rudaw, reported that preparations for specified an attack were underway.

According to The Atlantic magazine, US peculiar services have been preparing Kurdish militias for months for military action in Iran.

U.S. president Donald Trump said on Thursday he full supports the concept of offensive Kurdish militias against Iran. At the same time, he refused a clear commitment to supply US Air Support to the Kurds.

The portal of the Emirati paper "National" recalled that the Kurdish factions considered it a betrayal to the conduct of the US, which this year, despite the joint fight against the Kurds against the muslim State, withdrew their support for this nationality, trying to aid the fresh Syrian authorities take control of the full territory of the country.

The Kurds, a people without statehood, live in respective countries in the mediate East, including Iraq, Iran and Syria. In Iran, Kurds account for about 10% of the population.