An armed Kurdish insurgency inside Iran could erupt within days, after the United States quietly funnelled weapons to volunteer fighters in the country's west, according to reports.
Both Washington and Israel have reportedly been running arms into Kurdish-held areas since last year, with the two allies believed to have been laying the groundwork for an internal revolt against the Tehran regime.
The conditions for an uprising have been further shaped by a series of American-Israeli strikes on Iranian security installations in the west of the country, systematically weakening the government's capacity to crush any challenge from within.
The move follows public calls from both President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for ordinary Iranians to reclaim their country and bring down the government that has ruled it for decades.
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