Damla Doğan Tuncel

BREAKING: CNN confirms Kurdish opposition forces are preparing to move into western Iran as part of a “ground operation” — as early as tomorrow. President Trump spoke directly to one of their leaders today. CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward, reporting from Iraq, says the intel came directly from a senior Kurdish politician. WARD: “We spent some time this evening with a senior Iranian-Kurdish politician here in Iraqi Kurdistan, who basically told us that he the expectation among Kurdish-Iranian opposition forces is that they will be going into western Iran as part of some kind of a ground operation over the course or at some point during the next few days…” “That they will have support from the US and from Israel, though he would not be drawn as to what exactly that support will look like.” “He also told us that President Trump himself had called the leader of the KDPI, which is one of these Iranian-Kurdish opposition parties, today and that they had what he categorized as or characterized I should say, as a positive conversation.” “Though again, he did not give any details.” “And he said that we should be prepared for some surprises, potentially tomorrow.” “Again, not giving details, but this is all coming at the same time as our colleagues…are learning that the CIA has been working to arm Iranian-Kurdish opposition forces with the goal of fomenting civil unrest in Iran.”