Tim MakMar 7

Good morning to readers; #Iran wakes up to another day of #war.

As a teenager, Kako wondered why #Kurdish people were treated like second-class citizens in Iran.

Now a top-ranking official in the Kurdish Komala party, Kako is hopeful about the next chapter of the Kurdish story. https://www.iranwar.news/p/inside-a-kurdish-movement

Inside a Kurdish movement

Rumors of CIA backing and Trump calls to Kurdish officials swirl. A top-ranking official in Komala leadership, Kako Alyar, explains what Kurdish fighters actually believe is coming next.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak
Show threadTim MakMar 7
Kako Alyar is living through the busiest time of his life.
He has been travelling constantly, sleeping in airports and often only getting 3 hours of sleep a night. His phone is constantly ringing – the recent record is 120 calls in one day.
#Iran #war #kurds
Show threadTim MakMar 7
Kako has been a member of the Komala Party of #Iranian #Kurdistan since he was 18, a group that has spent decades fighting for #Kurdish self-determination. For the last ten years, he has worked there full-time and currently he is a member of the party’s leadership.
Show threadTim MakMar 7
Now, as the war weakens the #Iranian state and reports of the U.S supporting the Kurdish groups #militarily are circulating – the #Kurdish story is at a critical moment: the fall of the regime could be fatal or their making.
Show threadMwistar
@timkmak Rest assured that Turkiye would carpet bomb to wipe any independence off the map.
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