Introduction by IPT Executive Director Steven Emerson: "Yesterday, July 8, the IPT republished a very important analysis of ...

Following the tension in Erbil’s Khabat district due to land disputes, both official and unofficial Iranian media published numerous reports on the situation. They framed this dispute as the onset of ...

Although he was not named in the Shafaq report, it appears Walai was referring to US Ambassador Steven H. Fagin, who assumed his duties as Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Baghdad in May 2025.

Iranian Kurdish dissidents have been watching from abroad for signs that the government in Tehran might falter after the ...

As the ayatollah's grip on the country erodes, resistance groups need to show clearly whether they are fit to succeed the ...

More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with ...

For decades, Western policymakers have underestimated Iran’s soft power, focusing narrowly on dismantling its military and ...

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Wednesday met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji in Erbil to discuss key security developments, including the anticipated disarmament ...

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Iran war - now halted by a ceasefire - Iranian dissident groups inside and outside of the ...

Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country ...

The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.

Iranian Kurdish exiles in Iraq mull their options. A handful of Iranian Kurdish groups — many with a distinctly militant past — have long found a safe haven in northern Iraq’s semiautonomous ...