CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say

Imustaskforhelp 11 points 14 comments March 04, 2026
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aurareturn

Highly relevant: https://youtu.be/jIS2eB-rGv0?si=HOKPKTLSJht_c4yy&t=2074 too long didn't watch: Iran has a big fresh water supply issue. US and Israel will first target water supplies in upcoming attacks. US and Israel strategy will then switch to dividing Iran's different ethnicities and regions and arm them so they can fight each other for remaining dinimished water supply.

actionfromafar

Highly relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Iraqi_uprisings "Following initial victories, the revolution was held back from continued success by internal divisions as well as a lack of anticipated American [...] support"

DrScientist

Had a Trump representative on the radio literally this morning talking about how Iran fomented chaos around the world. No self awareness in the slightest.

mamonster

This sounds like something that they came up with over the weekend and not a well developed plan. 1. Go look at a topology map of Iran. You don't want to be conducting an offensive operation from Kurdish regions. 2. Other assets/revolutionaries in Iran were heavily repressed a month ago. If this was planned well you would sync them up. 3. USA sat back while Shaaraa strong armed Kurds into submission. Now comes back with Iran promises. 4. Anything involving Kurds, even in Iran, requires Erdogan to be onboard. I don't get the sense he has been paid off and he is likely the next target if Iran is gone.

mothballed

PJAK is a listed terror organization. There is no legal way for CIA to supply them. The fact they claim to be interacting with the KDPI (the civil political organization) is just cover for the fact it is actually PJAK (the militia). Under E.O. 13224, any assets PJAK has under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen, and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with PJAK.[] [] https://web.archive.org/web/20230829135028/https://home.trea...

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