According to an official from the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan (CPFIK), Kurdish armed groups based in Iraq have launched a ground offensive against Iranian regime forces.

The Caspian Post reports that fighters affiliated with the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) began striking inside Iranian territory starting at midnight on March 2.

There were reports that Iranian forces evacuated the border city of Mariwan on March 2 in order to establish defensive positions in and around the area.

CNN reports that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of escalating a popular uprising in Iran.

Multiple sources say that the administration of Donald Trump is discussing with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq the possibility of providing them with military support. They are expected to take part in a ground operation in western Iran.

Iran has stepped up its military operations against the main bases of Kurdish groups in northern Iraq including locations near the Iran-Iraq border.

Kurds, having a population being one of the largest ethnic minorities in the country, reside mostly in the border areas of Iran with Iraq and Turkey along the western frontier.

Massive protests broke out after Mahsa Amini, a 22 years old Iranian Kurdish girl from Saqqez, was killed. The protests started in Kurdish regions and gradually went upturn the whole country of Iran.

In conclusion, such a strategy by the US may be a headache for Turkey because it has always been the main opponent of the US in cooperating with Kurdish-armed groups in Syria. So, Turkey would most probably consider a US-supported Kurdish militant presence in Iran as a serious security issue.