Overview
- Multiple sources told CNN the CIA and the Trump administration are working on arming Iranian Kurdish groups to foment an uprising against Tehran.
- President Trump spoke with KDPI leader Mustafa Hijri on Tuesday and, over the weekend, called Iraqi Kurdish leaders about potential cooperation and supply routes, according to the reports.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted Kurdish forces with dozens of drones, as Kurdish groups issued statements hinting at imminent action.
- An Israeli source and other sources said the Israeli military has struck Iranian outposts along the Iraq border in recent days, with further strikes likely.
- A senior Iranian Kurdish official told CNN that Kurdish fighters could launch a ground operation in western Iran within days, though U.S. intelligence assessments question their capacity and any arming effort would require Iraqi Kurdish approval for weapons transit.