Iran says deal reached with Iraq to expel Kurdish separatists: What to know
Iran said an agreement was reached with Iraq to expel or hand over members of Kurdish separatist groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Iran said on Tuesday it reached an agreement with Iraq to expel Iranian Kurdish separatist groups from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region as Iranian security forces intensify a crackdown against Kurdish groups concentrated in the country’s northwest.
What happened: Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadegh, said in an X post that the agreement was reached during a meeting of the joint security committee attended by an Iranian delegation and Iraq’s national security adviser, Qasim al-Aboudi, as part of security cooperation between the neighboring countries.
في إطار التعاون الأمني بين الجمهورية الإسلامية الإيرانية وجمهورية العراق، اتفق الجانبان خلال اجتماع اللجنة الأمنية المشتركة ، بحضور الوفد الإيراني ومستشار الأمن القومى العراقي، على اخراج عناصر الجماعات الانفصاليه الإرهابية الإيرانية من إقليم كردستان العراق أو تسليمهم لإيران. https://t.co/BFr346OpAf
— محمد كاظم آل صادق (@mohkasadegh) October 20, 2026
