Several Iraq-based Kurdish-Iranian groups announced on Sunday a political coalition to seek the overthrow of Iran’s Islamic republic and ultimately to secure Kurdish self-determination.
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region hosts camps and rear bases operated by several Iranian Kurdish factions, which have repeatedly faced cross-border strikes from Iran.
Five exiled groups said they had formed a coalition to “assert our presence in Iran’s current political situation, where the Islamic republic regime has lost all political legitimacy but unfortunately remains in power”.
The “Coalition of Political Forces in Iran Kurdistan” includes the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), and the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK). (AFP)
