Escalation of Violence in Iran — IRGC Engages Kurdish Forces in Two Regions - video Dailymotion

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On July 1, armed confrontations broke out in the northwestern Iranian cities of Sardasht and Piranshahr, as opposition factions to the Islamic Republic clashed with IRGC troops in predominantly Kurdish areas. Human rights organizations Hana and Hengaw reported several fatalities, noting that the IRGC utilized heavy artillery near populated civilian areas. The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran also acknowledged the deaths of five of its members during a conflict close to Piranshahr. This marks a crucial moment, indicating the emergence of a potential second front for internal dissent at a time when the IRGC is preoccupied with external military engagements in the Gulf.

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00:00While Iran fights the United States at sea, a different battle is opening inside Iran

00:05itself.

00:06Armed groups opposing the Islamic Republic clashed directly with IRGC forces in two northwestern

00:12Iranian cities on July 1.

00:15Sardasht and Piranshar, both cities with majority Kurdish populations.

00:20Human rights groups on the ground confirmed multiple people killed.

00:24The IRGC reportedly deployed heavy weapons in areas near residential zones, a sign this

00:30was not a minor incident.

00:32The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran confirmed five of its members killed in combat near

00:37Piranshar.

00:39This matters enormously for the strategic picture.

00:41The IRGC is already stretched managing Gulf operations.

00:45The missile war against U.S. bases and internal security across a country under enormous economic

00:52pressure.

00:52An armed insurgency opening in the Kurdish northwest, on top of everything else, is

00:58a development that Iran's new hardline leadership cannot afford to ignore.

01:03And it could not come at a worse time.

Escalation of Violence in Iran — IRGC Engages Kurdish Forces in Two Regions

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