A classified intelligence assessment by the U.S. National Intelligence Council found that Iran's clerical and military establishment would likely maintain continuity of power even if top leaders were killed, with the chances of the fragmented opposition taking control deemed 'unlikely,' according to the Washington Post report

After betraying the community twice, the U.S. president is trying to mobilize Kurdish factions against the Revolutionary Guards in western Iran. It's not yet clear if they're up to the task or how eager they are – or how Turkey will respond

According to three sources, Israeli strikes in western Iran are meant to aid Iranian Kurdish militias preparing a possible cross-border offensive, though Iraqi Kurdistan's political leadership has publicly denied any plan to send fighters or get involved in Iran