AdvertisementIsraeli officials in closed discussions also have acknowledged there is no certainty the war will lead to the clerical government’s collapse, a senior Israeli official told Reuters. The sources stressed that the situation on the ground is fluid and that the dynamics inside Iran could change. But recent U.S. intelligence reports have cast doubt on the ability of the Iranian Kurdish groups to sustain a fight against Iranian security services, according to two sources familiar with those assessments. The Kurdish Regional Government, which governs the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan where the Iranian Kurdish groups are based, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. AdvertisementBut Trump said on Saturday that he had ruled out having the Iranian Kurdish groups go into Iran.

Source: Huffington Post March 12, 2026 01:34 UTC