KURDISH FIGHTERS SIGNAL PUSH INTO IRAN: An Iranian Kurdish nationalist group leader told Aljazeera that it’s “highly likely” that Iranian Kurds will push into Iran from the Iraqi side of the Iran-Iraq border.
IRAN ATTACKS GULF COUNTRIES, DESPITE PROMISE: Early on Sunday, the Gulf countries reported new missile and drone strikes, which hit fuel storage facilities. Civilian infrastructure was also damaged, including the social security building in Kuwait.
U.S., ISRAEL COULD RAID IRAN'S NUCLEAR STOCKPILE: Four sources familiar with the matter have said that the U.S. and Israel are eyeing the possibility of using special forces to seize Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium farther down the line.
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ATTACK ON OIL DEPOT LEAVES TEHRAN BURNING: Late Saturday huge flames and columns of smoke spread across Tehran as the capital city was set ablaze after Israel hit Iranian oil infrastructure for the first time since the start of the war.
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AYATOLLAHS URGE SWIFT LEADER ANNOUNCEMENT: Iranian ayatollahs are calling for the quick announcement of a successor to Ali Khamenei. They say naming a new leader soon would help maintain national unity and strengthen support for the country’s armed forces.
DRONE STRIKE REPORTED NEAR DUBAI AIRPORT: BBC has verified footage showing a drone strike near Dubai International Airport. While the exact location has not been confirmed yet, the strike appears to have taken place in close proximity to the airport’s concourse A.
IRAN BANS WAR FOOTAGE: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry warned citizens against sharing images or videos of war damage and threatened severe punishment under expanded espionage laws.
AZERBAIJAN DERAILS ALLEGED IRANIAN SABOTAGE PLOT: Azerbaijan said it prevented several sabotage plots allegedly organized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including a plan to attack the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, a key oil route between Europe and Turkey.
… AND PLEDGES TO HALT GULF STRIKES: Iranian President Pezeshkian apologized to Gulf countries after a week of Iranian strikes and said Iran would stop attacking its neighbors unless attacks against Iran are launched from their territory.
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IRAN REJECTS TRUMP’S DEMAND TO SURRENDER: Trump demanded Iran surrender in a social media post on Friday.
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Today, there are 25 to 45 million Kurdish people scattered around the world, located predominantly in the area between Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq, where they’ve been subjected to nearly a century of persecution.
Due to the division of territory by European powers after the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1922 – the Kurdish people have never had their own internationally recognised state.
Now, as the war weakens the Iranian state and reports of the U.S supporting the Kurdish groups militarily are circulating – the Kurdish story is at a critical moment: the fall of the regime could be fatal or their making.
Kako has been a member of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan since he was 18, a group that has spent decades fighting for Kurdish self-determination. For the last ten years, he has worked there full-time and currently he is a member of the party’s leadership.
Kako Alyar is living through the busiest time of his life.
He has been travelling constantly, sleeping in airports and often only getting 3 hours of sleep a night. His phone is constantly ringing – the recent record is 120 calls in one day.
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As a teenager, Kako wondered why Kurdish people were treated like second-class citizens in Iran.
Now a top-ranking official in the Kurdish Komala party, Kako is hopeful about the next chapter of the Kurdish story.
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U.S. CRUDE SOARED FASTER THAN IT HAS IN ALMOST 50 YEARS: As the Strait of Hormuz is closed off, the price of oil is surging, with analysts expecting it to reach $100 a barrel.
IRANIAN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TEAM LABELLED ‘WARTIME TRAITORS’: After the Iranian women’s football team refused to sing the national anthem before their match at the Asian Cup on Monday, an Iranian commentator called them “wartime traitors” on a state TV program.
… WHILE GULF SHIPS DISGUISE AS CHINESE: According to data from MarineTraffic, around 10 vessels stuck in the Gulf have declared themselves Chinese via transponders in order to escape attack from Iran.
IRAN TAUNTS U.S. OVER HORMUZ ESCORTS: After Trump said the U.S. Navy would begin escorting and insuring vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
TRUMP EYES PUTTING U.S. GROUND TROOPS IN IRAN: Trump privately commented on putting a small group of U.S. ground troops in Iran for specific strategic purposes, rather than a large-scale invasion. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded on NBC News on Thursday: “We are waiting for them”.
U.S. ALLOWS INDIA TO BUY RUSSIAN OIL: The U.S. issued India a waiver, allowing them to temporarily buy Russian oil. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that it’s an intentionally short-term measure — only 30 days.
TEHRAN AIRPORT IN FLAMES: Mehrabad Airport, one of the capital’s two main airports, was hit early Saturday morning during another massive wave of Israeli airstrikes. People in the area reported a plane engulfed in flames on the tarmac.
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RUBIO SIDESTEPS CONGRESS ON $151 MILLION ARMS SALE: On Friday, the U.S. State Department approved a $151.8 million munitions sale to Israel without submitting it for congressional review.
