Who are the Kurds?

Urban Coningham, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a London-based think tank, said it’s not surprising that the CIA and likely Israel’s Mossad have been in contact with minority groups in Iran. He noted that they would also probably be speaking to other minority groups such as the Baloch people and the Azeris. “What I’m surprised by is the fact that (information) has been released now, because it puts a huge target on the back of these groups, both inside Iran and … across the wider region,” Coningham told CNN.