Iranian officials claim “total intelligence superiority” in the northwest, with IRGC Ground Force commander Mohammad Karami visiting front‑line units and warning they are ready to turn the region into a “mass graveyard” for hostile elements. Lawmaker Hassan Ghashghavi frames Kurdistan as a key axis in alleged Mossad–CIA plans to fragment Iran, while Tehran leverages a 2023 security pact with Baghdad and repeated missile‑and‑drone strikes on PJAK and other Kurdish groups in Iraqi Kurdistan to keep opposition forces away from its borders.
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