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Iran's Araghchi reveals Turkey's role in thwarting Kurdish offensive
Iran's Araghchi reveals Turkey's role in thwarting Kurdish offensive
The account offers Tehran's first public confirmation of reports that Ankara intervened to stop armed Iranian Kurdish groups from entering the conflict.
Amberin Zaman
Jul 20, 2026
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart following a meeting in Baghdad on June 28, 2026. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images
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In a dramatic new twist in the Iran conflict, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed what President Donald Trump had been alluding to for some time: Turkey helped prevent armed Iranian Kurdish groups from opening a new front inside Iran as part of what Tehran says was a US-Israeli regime-change effort.
In an interview lasting more than an hour with Iranian media personality Javad Moghouei on Sunday, Araghchi emphasized the "effective" role Turkey played in thwarting what he described as a US- and Israeli-backed Kurdish insurgency that was to have been launched from neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan.
Araghchi said he had contacted Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Iraqi Kurdish leaders and Turkish Foreign........
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