A Kurdish crisis and a missing American: Iran’s expanding influence in Iraqi Kurdistan – opinion

Dec 23, 2025 3:22 pm | JPost Op-Eds

Lahur Talabany, co-leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, is seen during an interview with Reuters in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq May 3, 2021; illustrative. (photo credit: REUTERS/Amina Ismail)
An internal Kurdish power feud has triggered mass arrests, alleged executions, and the unresolved detention of an American veteran amid rising Iranian influence.
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