MESOP : PUK = TEHRAN’S BRANCH IN KURDISTAN – PUK appreciates Iran’s role in freeing Jalawla and Sadyia
Kurdpress – 27 Nov 2014 – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan appreciated in a statement the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran in freeing the region of Sadyia and Jalawla that were under the control of the militants of the Islamic State (IS).
The statement praised the role of Tehran’s military support in releasing the two regions as well as Qara Tapa and Jabara, in Diala province in northern Iraq. The statement noted Iran has helped releasing the region through sending artilleries and heavy weapons. It is worth mentioning that the PUK Political Bureau Chief Malla Bakhtiar appreciated in an interview with Rudaw the role of Iran in supporting the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga in releasing regions under the control of the jihadist group, adding that Iran was the first state the understood the threat of the IS and warned the world about the extremist group.