TASS: The Kurdistan Democratic Party Denies Reports of an Attack on Iran
TASS, Cairo, March 5th: The Kurdistan Democratic Party denied reports of a ground offensive in Iran (The Kurdistan Democratic Party has denied reports of a ground offensive in Iran).
The dispatch said that in a statement broadcast on the Rudaw TV channel (a television station in the Iraqi Kurdish region that broadcasts in Kurdish — translator's note), the party stated: "The Kurdish region will not participate in the conflict of this war."
The dispatch said that the president of the Kurdish region, Nechirvan Barzani, expressed support for local efforts to ease the conflict and opposed participation. Subsequently, Rudaw TV reported that the Society of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (also known as Komala) denied the news of participating in the attack.
The dispatch said that previously, Fox News cited an unnamed U.S. official who said that thousands of Iraqi Kurds launched a ground offensive against Iran.
The original title of the dispatch was "Kurdistan Democratic Party denies reports of offensive in Iran — TV channel" (The Kurdistan Democratic Party denies reports of an offensive in Iran — TV channel).
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