'We have been preparing': Why the boots on the ground in Iran could be Kurdish
Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in exile in northern Iraq tell the BBC they have plans to cross the border but deny already doing so.
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""We have been preparing for this for the past 47 years, since the age of the Islamic Republic.""
— Hana Yazdanpana , Activist
""We can't move if the air above us is not cleaned.""
— Hana Yazdanpana , Activist
""America and Israel did not begin this war for our hopes, but for their own interests.""
— Mustafa Mauludi , Activist
""When I get to the first village, I will say with a loud voice: 'I have been fighting for you, you are my people, and now I will fight even more.'""
— Mustafa Mauludi , Activist
""We are the most politically organised group in Iran.""
— Abdullah Mohtadi , Activist
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Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in exile in northern Iraq tell the BBC they have plans to cross the border but deny already doing so.
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