SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran demands help from the United Nations to disarm Iranian-Kurdish opposition parties in Iraq.
According to the official IRNA news agency, Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq, Kazem Al-e-Sadegh, has conveyed concerns to the U.N. special envoy to Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, regarding the Iranian Kurdish groups who have bases in the Kurdistan Region.
During a meeting with the U.N. diplomat, the Iranian Ambassador on Thursday stated that the U.N.’s cooperation is necessary to counter the “threat” posed by the Iranian Kurdish groups.
Tehran has repeatedly urged the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), as well as the Iraqi government to disarm the Iranian Kurdish opposition parties.
Iran’s officials have warned that failing to comply with this demand would lead to military action against the Kurdish groups who camp on Iraq’s territory, especially in the Kurdistan Region.
In November last year, Iran targeted the bases of Kurdish groups with ballistic missiles and suicide drones in the Region.
Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups, including the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), Komala, Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), and the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), have been accused of instigating protests, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman, while in the custody of the morality police.
Last year, a security agreement was signed between Iran’s former secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, and his Iraqi counterpart.
The agreement demands Iraq to secure its border and disarm Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region.
