Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have neither confirmed nor denied reports of a possible ground advance from Iraq into western Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli war.
Despite reports that Washington is considering backing an opposition-led assault, the White House has yet to take a final decision on its next move, sources have told Middle East Eye.
A source within the Komala party, which has waged an insurgency against the Iranian state for decades, told MEE that it was the "right time now" to return to their hometowns after 47 years in exile.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, he said people in the Kurdish region of Iran - known to Kurds as Rojhelat - were "waiting for the peshmerga [fighters]", but cautioned that "we should wait and we need time".
Siamand Moeini, a senior figure in the armed Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), told MEE: "I am not sure I have enough information", regarding the prospect of going to war with Tehran.
