The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an armed Kurdish militant group in Iran, said the Kurds would not fight other powers’ wars and said the Iranian state needs to change its behaviour or else it is heading towards collapse.
The PJAK, which is aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of Turkiye, has sought greater autonomy for the Kurdish region in Iran (‘Eastern Kurdistan’). The group recently came under the spotlight as U.S. President Donald Trump said he would welcome Kurdish militants in Iran joining the war against the Iranian state. The U.S. and Israel launched the war on February 28, by striking Tehran and killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mr. Trump later ruled out Kurdish involvement but there were reports in American media that Iranian Kurdish groups were getting support from the U.S. and Israel.
