Iraq’s Kurdistan Region president, in a meeting in Erbil, said that the performance of Iranian Kurdish parties during “irresponsible” regional tensions has put the region in the face of great risks.

From praising the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic to criticizing Kurdish groups based in the Kurdistan Region, it seems that the region is increasingly becoming a space—if not hostile, at least unfavorable—for Iranian Kurdish groups.

Interview with Khaled Azizi, spokesperson of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran