{
  "id": 16997674,
  "title": "‘Time for peace now,’ says Kurdish official amid regional escalation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/time-for-peace-now-says-kurdish-official-amid-regional-escalation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T03:02:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/29/time-for-peace-now-says-kurdish-official-amid-regional-escalation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kurdish Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani has expressed disappointment with the United States for allegedly providing weapons to Kurdish opposition groups, which he claims was never part of the US battle plan in Iran. Talabani stated that the US never intended to send the opposition groups into Iran and warned them against using the region as a launchpad for attacks on Iranian territory. Despite the potential escalation of conflict between the US and Iran, the Kurdish regional government has maintained a peaceful stance and communicated its concerns to both Tehran and Washington. Talabani suggested that the time is right for a peace process between Iran and the opposition groups, drawing parallels with the Turkey-PKK peace process. He also stressed the importance of diplomatic efforts to achieve lasting peace, mirroring the experience of Kurdish officials in Syria who pursued political engagement instead of military solutions. The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad has reportedly agreed to expel Iranian Kurdish opposition groups or hand them over to Tehran, although the groups deny receiving any such notice. Talabani criticized attacks launched from Iraq against neighboring countries during the Iran war, calling for Iran-backed armed groups to be brought under state control.",
  "summary": "Deploying Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups from Iraq was never part of the US battle plan in Iran, Kurdistan Region Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani has told The National , as he suggested the time was right for a peace process between the factions and Tehran modelled on an armistice in Turkey . Reports emerged at the peak of the Iran war of possible US-backed efforts to involve the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Kurdish Deputy PM Qubad Talabani criticizes US for arming opposition groups in Iran.",
    "Talabani advocates for peace process between Iran and opposition groups.",
    "Iranian ambassador to Baghdad may expel or hand over Kurdish opposition groups."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Talabani’s push for diplomacy signals a desperate attempt to prevent the Kurdish region from becoming a proxy battlefield as tensions between the United States and Iran intensify.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}