Iran says it has agreement with Iraq to expel Kurdish Iranian opposition groups

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Iran says Iraq has agreed to expel Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region, but an Iraqi source disputes that claim. The announcement comes amid Iranian attacks on the groups and a separate PKK withdrawal from positions in northern Iraq linked to a peace process with Turkey.

Iran’s ambassador to Iraq claimed on October 20 that Iraq has agreed to expel Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region. The announcement came amid increased Iranian attacks on these groups and as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party withdraws from positions in northern Iraq as part of a peace process with Turkey. An Iraqi source disputes Tehran's claim that an expulsion agreement has been reached. The post Iran says it has agreement with Iraq to expel Kurdish Iranian opposition groups appeared first on FDD's Long War Journal.