HOLLY WILLIAMS:
00:00:12
This armed Iranian opposition group says its camp was hit on Thursday night by a drone strike-- There's shrapnel damage all over the walls. --launched either by the Iranian regime or by a militia group that's backed by the Iranian government. That's part of the wiring of the drone. Why do you think they targeted your camp? We try for ending this regime.
HOLLY WILLIAMS:
00:00:35
The group's known as the Khabat Organization of Iranian Kurdistan, and they represent the Kurdish ethnic minority, around 10% of Iran's population. They're one of several armed Iranian opposition groups in exile across the border here in northern Iraq. Kurdish forces have teamed up with America before. We witnessed Kurdish fighters help defeat ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, working hand-in-hand with the US military. Are they on patrol up here? Another Kurdish Iranian group told us that America and Israel's war with Iran is an opportunity, and they may use it to launch an offensive against the regime. But so far, they haven't received any direct help from the US. Has the United States promised you support if you launch a military action inside Iran against the regime? "I can't answer that question," said one of their leaders, later telling us it was too sensitive. Yesterday, they told us their base was also targeted with drones. The Iranian opposition groups that we've met with here are only lightly armed, mainly with Kalashnikovs. It may be a tall order for them to take on the Iranian regime with its drones and ballistic missiles. Jericka.
JERICKA DUNCAN:
00:02:02
Ali Williams, in Iraq, thanks.
