Iraq’s federal government has warned the Kurdistan Regional Government (K.R.G.) not to allow Kurdish groups to become involved in the war on Iran, telling Kurdish authorities that Iraqi forces could move to take control of border areas should the K.R.G. fail to prevent it from happening, Middle East Eye reported on March 15. Iraqi, Kurdish, and Turkish officials told MEE that Baghdad delivered the warning last week amid growing fears that Kurdish groups could be coerced by Washington into joining the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
“The message from Baghdad was clear: Kurdish groups must not get involved in Iran,” one Iraqi official familiar with the discussions said. “If the K.R.G. cannot prevent it, then Iraqi federal forces will move to secure the border.”
