US not arming Iranian Kurd opposition in Iraqi Kurdistan: Official to AFP

A senior Iraqi Kurdistan official told AFP the United States was not arming Iranian Kurdish opposition groups exiled in the autonomous region, reiterating his government opposed the groups’ involvement in the Middle East war. Since the war began on February 28 with Israeli-US strikes on Iran, Iraq has been drawn into a conflict it had sought to avoid at all costs.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.US President Donald Trump initially appeared to support an offensive by Kurdish armed groups against Iran, before backtracking.“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 autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, Qubad Talabani, said in an interview on Thursday.Citing individual discussions regional authorities held with the US, Iran, or local groups, he emphasized that “right now there is no plan to use these groups inside Iran.”He said Iraqi

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