🇮🇶🇺🇸🇮🇷 Bafel Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, criticized the actions of a faction within the Democratic Party of Kurdistan in Iraq, stating that this group encouraged Iranian Kurdish parties to go to war with Iran, even though the Kurdish region was not at risk of doing so.
Talabani, speaking at a meeting in Sulaymaniyah, stated that the Kurdistan Region paid the price for the mistakes of this faction during the conflicts. He also expressed hope that Donald Trump would use financial pressure and dialogue to resolve the crisis, so that the region would not again witness war and violence.