00:02In Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Iranian Kurdish fighters are watching the
00:07war in the Middle East closely. Their bases near Arbil have recently been
00:13targeted by Iranian drone strikes as tensions rise following a wave of US
00:18and Israeli attacks on Iran. Some Kurdish rebels now say they are ready to
00:24return to Iran when the moment comes.
00:44Groups like the Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle have opposed Tehran's
00:49role for decades.
01:18For years, many Iranian
01:20Kurdish fighters have lived and trained in neighboring Iraq, far from the reach of
01:24Iranian security forces.
01:29But since the regional conflict intensified, their bases have increasingly become targets.
01:35Tehran accuses Kurdish militants in Iraq of cooperating with Western or Israeli interests.
01:50Kurdish militants in Iraq of the Korean Kurdistan, Muslim and Muslim.
01:53I'm a Kurdish militants in Iraq.
01:54We are doing a Kurdish militants in Iraq.
01:59I don't have to say that, but we don't have to say that.
02:07Yet, some veterans of past Kurdish uprisings urge caution after decades of conflict, repression
02:14and heavy losses.
02:30The Kurdish people are spread across Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran, making them one of
02:36the world's largest stateless nations.
02:40For now, fighters wait in the mountains of Northern Iraq as the conflict with Tehran threatens to widen.
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