Statement of the Central Committee of Komala Regarding attempts to drag Kurdistan into the U.S. and Israel’s ground war with the Islamic Republic

The war currently taking place between the Islamic Republic on one side and the United States/Israel on the other is expanding day by day and becoming more destructive. U.S. and Israeli airstrikes aimed at destroying the Islamic Republic’s military, security, and government centers and bases continue with intensity. A significant part of these attacks has taken place in cities and different areas of Kurdistan. The cities of Sardasht, Baneh, Marivan, Sanandaj, Paveh, Bukan, Mahabad, and other cities and regions of Kurdistan have repeatedly been targeted by these attacks.

In response to this situation, the Islamic Republic regime has resorted to one of the most well-known and inhumane methods to protect its forces: stationing military and security forces among the people. Revolutionary Guard forces and other repressive institutions have been deployed in schools, mosques, and other public places, effectively using civilians as human shields. This situation shows that in this war, the lives of ordinary people matter to neither side of the conflict. On one hand, the Islamic Republic uses the people as human shields to preserve its survival, and on the other hand the governments of the United States and Israel pursue their military and political objectives without regard for the fate of the people.

Under such circumstances, discussions currently being raised in the media and political circles have created serious and real concerns among the people of Kurdistan and pro-freedom forces. Reports have been published indicating that the United States and Israel are considering using the armed forces of some Kurdish parties as ground forces in the war against the Islamic Republic. According to American and Israeli officials and some political sources, a plan is under review in which the armed forces of Kurdish parties could enter Iran’s Kurdish regions from the territory of the Kurdistan Region and take control of parts of these areas.

It is said that this plan was initially proposed by the Israeli government and Mossad, and that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) later joined it. Reports have even been published about contacts and discussions between American officials and some leaders of a coalition of Kurdish parties. Within the framework of this plan, the armed forces of these parties would be used as ground forces to advance the military and political objectives of the United States and Israel.

The consequences of such a policy for the people of Kurdistan are both clear and extremely dangerous. The entry of the armed forces of these parties into Kurdish cities, while the regime in Tehran still holds power, would effectively mean turning Kurdistan into the main center of the war. In that case, the cities and villages of Kurdistan would become the direct battlefield between the Islamic Republic and forces supported by the United States and Israel, and the first victims would be defenseless civilians.

Historical experience also clearly shows the bitter consequences of relying on the policies and promises of major powers. In 1990 and 1991, after the Gulf War, when the people of Kurdistan liberated the Kurdistan Region through their uprising, despite promises that the U.S. government had given to Kurdish opposition parties, when Saddam’s army launched widespread attacks, the United States and its allies effectively left the Kurdish people alone. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people in Iraqi Kurdistan were forced to flee their homes and wander in the mountains, many children and elderly people lost their lives.
In recent years, the experience of the Kurdish movement in Syria has also been another example of the same reality. Kurdish forces in Syria have repeatedly faced abandonment by their international allies, and each time the political and military balance changed, the policies of global powers also changed.

These are only two examples, but unfortunately the history of the Kurdish people is full of such bitter experiences. These experiences carry a clear lesson for the people of Kurdistan: the policies of major powers are not based on moral commitments but on immediate interests and behind-the-scenes deals.

In addition, the regional consequences of such a scenario should not be overlooked. If the conflict expands and the armed forces of Kurdish parties enter the war, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will also face serious dangers. The Islamic Republic and its aligned Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq have repeatedly shown that they are ready to take any action to exert pressure on the people of the Kurdistan Region.

At the same time, the role of the Turkish government in these developments cannot be ignored. The Turkish government has always viewed the Kurdish issue from the perspective of its own internal security and does not miss any opportunity to restrict and defeat Kurdish movements in the region. Current developments could also provide an opportunity for the Turkish government to deliver a blow to the just movement of the Kurdish people through direct or indirect interventions at critical moments.

For this reason, turning Iranian Kurdistan into a battlefield for proxy wars between global and regional powers will not help bring freedom to the people, rather it could create a major disaster for the people of this region and for the entire freedom movement in Iran.

Komala’s position in this matter is clear and explicit. Komala is a revolutionary force deeply rooted among the people of Kurdistan and has for decades been at the forefront of the struggle against the Islamic Republic. This struggle has been real, costly, and continuous, and thousands of freedom-loving individuals have lost their lives in this path. Yet this history of struggle has taught us an important lesson: freedom, equality, liberation from national oppression, and any other lasting achievement are attained through reliance on the power of the people themselves. While continuing a serious and uninterrupted struggle against the Islamic Republic, Komala will not enter any alliance or project aligned with the policies of the United States and Israel.

We are neither part of the military projects of major powers nor will we allow the just struggle of the people of Kurdistan to be turned into a tool of geopolitical games. Our struggle is for freedom, equality, and the right of the people to self-determination and not to advance the objectives of governments such as the United States and Israel, which themselves are responsible for violating the rights of nations and pursuing domination policies.

From Komala’s perspective, the fate of the people of Kurdistan and the people of Iran must be determined by themselves. Our real allies are workers, women, youth, teachers, oppressed nations, and all freedom-seeking forces across Iran, not governments that change their policies every day and for whom yesterday and today make no difference. What matters today more than ever is preserving the political independence of the Kurdish movement and preventing it from becoming a tool of U.S. and Israeli policies. Komala stands alongside the people of Kurdistan and alongside all freedom-seeking people of Iran. We have fought the Islamic Republic and will continue this struggle. But we will pursue this struggle within the framework of an independent policy and by relying on the power of society itself and not within the framework of projects of powers that view the fate of nations as pieces in their global games.

Central Committee of Komala
(Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party of Iran)

6 March 2026