Foreign-backed armed Kurdish groups 'dispatched' to join Iran riots: Report

Heavily-armed militants belonging to Kurdish separatist groups have reportedly been dispatched from neighboring countries in order to join in on the foreign-backed riots and cause death and destruction across Iran, a media report says. 

Quoting sources, the Reuters news agency reported on Thursday that the Turkish intelligence, known as MIT, had informed the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) about the infiltration of terrorists from the Iran-Iraq border.

“Turkish intelligence warned the IRGC of the Kurdish fighters crossing the frontier in recent days,” sources said.

Citing an anonymous Iranian source, the report said that forces had clashed with separatists, who are seeking “to create instability and take advantage of the protests.”

Iranian authorities have reportedly asked both governments to stop any transfer of fighters or weapons into Iran.

“The fighters had been dispatched from Iraq and Turkey… Tehran has asked those countries to halt any transfer of fighters or weapons to Iran,” the source went on to say. 

For years, Iran faced cross-border attacks from foreign-backed Kurdish separatist groups. 

The United States and Israel have a long history of using armed separatist and terrorist groups in the region to spread anarchy and further their chaotic agenda. 

During the 2022 foreign-backed riots in Iran, security forces repeatedly came under fire from armed terrorists linked to Kurdish militant groups.

At the time, former US national security chief John Bolton openly admitted that weapons from the Iraqi Kurdistan region were being smuggled into Iran for separatists to use against government troops. 

The latest foreign-backed riots that erupted in Tehran and several other Iranian cities resulted in multiple fatalities and widespread damage to public property.

What initially began as peaceful demonstrations over economic grievances in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar gradually escalated into violent unrest, as foreign intelligence agencies exploited the protests to advance a “regime change” agenda against the Islamic Republic.

On January 8 and 9 in particular, heavily armed rioters and terrorists rampaged through parts of Tehran and other cities, attacking security personnel and setting fire to public and private property, including shops, buses, and mosques.

Iranian officials have linked the riots and terrorist acts to the US and the Israeli regime, with President Masoud Pezeshkian saying that armed rioters were trained by the US and Israeli spy agencies. 

Observers have warned that the US orchestrated riots inside Iran to disintegrate the West Asian country and plunder its oil and other natural resources.

They also say the more regional chaos and confusion the US and Israel generate, the faster the world will forget and move on from the Gaza genocide.  

It comes months after the Israeli regime and the United States suffered a humiliating defeat during the recent 12-day war against the Islamic Republic.

Since the violence began, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to attack Iran.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf recently said that Iran recognizes the people’s right to peaceful protest, but will stand firmly against armed terrorism. 

The Iranian judiciary has vowed to take strict action against foreign-backed rioters and terrorists, pledging no leniency toward those involved in bloodshed and vandalism.

Iran has vowed a harsh response to any attack, including strikes on US bases as well as Israel.

“Let us be clear: in the case of an attack on Iran, the occupied territories as well as all US bases and ships will be our legitimate target,” Ghalibaf said over the weekend, warning against any “miscalculation.”

During the 12-day Israel-Iran war in June, Iranian ballistic missiles directly hit multiple Israeli military sites and caused massive destruction across the  Israeli occupied territories. Tehran also responded to the US attack on its nuclear facilities by targeting Washington’s Al-Udeid base in Qatar.

In a recent interview with the Lebanese television network Al Manar, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran had emerged much stronger following the 12-day war that was imposed on it by the Israeli regime and the United States in June.

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