Iran has warned ‘separatist groups’ against joining the widening conflict in the Middle East and launched strikes against Iraq-based Kurds. Could the involvement of these groups increase the risk of a civil war in Iran? Nosheen Iqbal speaks to deputy head of international news Devika Bhat

The goal would be to create room for Iranians opposed to the Islamic regime to rise up, they noted.

IRBIL, Iraq: Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the US has asked Iraqi Kurds to…