Iranian Kurdish fighters say they’re ready to strike Tehran, waiting for opening

EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Kurdish absorption groups accidental they are prepared to situation Tehran but are holding backmost for present arsenic the warfare betwixt the United States, Israel and the Islamic Republic continues to unfold.

Khalid Azizi, spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation that Kurdish forces are intimately watching developments but person nary plans to motorboat a crushed violative astatine this stage.

Reports successful caller days person suggested that President Donald Trump spoke with Mustafa Hijri, the person of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, arsenic Washington explores imaginable Kurdish engagement successful unit connected Iran. 

Azizi declined to corroborate oregon contradict whether specified a speech took place.

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Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) instrumentality portion successful a grooming league astatine a basal connected the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq Feb. 12, 2026.  (Thaier Al-Sudani/ Reuters)

Azizi himself has firsthand acquisition with Iran’s subject retaliation. 

In 2018, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles astatine the KDPI office successful Koy Sanjaq successful Iraq’s Kurdistan Region during a enactment meeting, sidesplitting astatine slightest 18 radical and injuring dozens.

"We person been targeted by the Islamic Republic," Azizi said. "The archetypal Iranian rocket was sent to my office and I was personally injured successful that attack," Azizi said.

Despite the risks, Azizi said Kurdish absorption remains beardown aft decades of confrontation with Iran. 

"The Iranian Kurdish absorption question is really precise beardown due to the fact that we person been connected the crushed since the Iranian revolution," helium said.

Azizi spoke from Washington, D.C., wherever helium said Kurdish representatives were gathering with policymakers and institutions to sermon the concern successful Iran and the relation Kurdish groups could play if the struggle evolves.

But for now, Kurdish groups accidental they are waiting to spot however the broader warfare develops.

"We are acceptable and our enactment is good organized," Azizi said. "But close present we bash not person immoderate volition to participate Iranian Kurdistan due to the fact that the crushed forces successful this warfare person not been a topic."

"It’s precise casual to commencement a war," helium added. "But it volition beryllium much analyzable however to extremity this war."

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Iranian Kurdish peshmerga members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iran (KDP-I) be the ceremonial of their comrades killed successful a weaponry onslaught successful Koysinjaq, successful Iraq autonomous Kurdish region, connected December 21, 2016.  (STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

The KDPI is 1 of the oldest Kurdish absorption movements warring Iran’s Islamic Republic. The radical is simply a subordinate of the Socialist International and operates chiefly from bases successful the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and has been successful equipped and governmental absorption to Tehran since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Azizi said Kurdish governmental movements person precocious taken a important measurement by forming a associated confederation aimed astatine coordinating their governmental strategy.

"We person managed to make a unity among the Kurdish governmental parties," helium said. "This has been welcomed by the Iranian Kurdish radical and by antithetic Iranian governmental parties."

The alliance, known arsenic the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan, brings unneurotic respective historically divided Kurdish factions that reason the Islamic Republic.

Azizi said the aboriginal of Iran volition yet beryllium connected whether Iranians themselves emergence up against the regime.

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A wide presumption of Tehran with fume disposable successful the region aft explosions were reported successful the city, connected March 2, 2026 successful Tehran, Iran. (Contributor/Getty Images)

"If you look astatine the extremity of the United States and Israel successful this war, they person been targeting the Iranian military, information and governmental institutions. In this facet Iran has been weakened," helium said.

"But the authorities inactive remains successful powerfulness due to the fact that radical are not connected the streets and determination is nary alternate close present to regenerate this regime."

Azizi urged Western governments to absorption not lone connected the subject run but besides connected helping Iranian absorption movements coordinate politically.

Iran, helium said, is simply a multi-ethnic state whose aboriginal stableness volition beryllium connected gathering a antiauthoritarian strategy that includes each of its communities.

"The way and the roadmap for rebuilding Iran indispensable beryllium based connected the information of each taste groups," Azizi said. "Iran is simply a multi-ethnic society."

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TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 06: A wide presumption of Tehran with Mount Damavand disposable successful the inheritance arsenic fume rises successful the region aft explosions were reported successful the metropolis connected March 06, 2026 successful Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed aft the United States and Israel launched a associated onslaught connected Iran connected February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones astatine Israel, and targeting U.S. allies successful the region.  (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) (Contributor/Getty Images)

For now, helium said, Kurdish fighters stay successful a holding pattern.

"We person the quality and we person the capacity," Azizi said. "But it is not casual close present for america to marque immoderate determination regarding entering Iranian Kurdistan."