Tehran Says Baghdad Agrees to Disarm Militant Groups Based in Iraq’s Kurdish Region

Iran has long accused Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region of harboring militant groups, which Tehran claims are working for foreign intelligence agencies.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters affiliated with Iran's separatist Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), man a position near the city of Altun Kupri (Perdi), north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on Nov. 23, 2022. Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images

Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement calling for the disarmament of militant groups based in Baghdad’s autonomous Kurdish region, according to the Iranian foreign ministry.

“An agreement has been struck in which Iraq has committed to disarm separatists and terrorist groups on its territory, close their bases, and relocate them,” Nasser Kanaani, a ministry spokesman, said on Aug. 28.