Araghchi Says Turkey Helped Prevent Kurdish Groups From Joining Iran War

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Turkey helped prevent Iranian Kurdish armed groups based in Iraq’s Kurdistan region from joining a US-Israeli war against Iran. In remarks published in an interview, Araghchi claimed the plan involved support for a land incursion and that US President Donald Trump contacted leaders of Kurdish groups opposed to Tehran early in the fighting. Araghchi said he raised concerns with Iraqi Kurdistan officials, Iraq’s prime minister, and Turkey’s foreign minister, adding that Ankara held talks with Americans and took a firm stance