Some of the components in the Iranian drones being supplied to Russia have Western components, a senior Kurdish figure told Israel Hayom in an interview that focused on the Kurdish plight for freedom from the yoke of the Iranian regime.
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The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan's Deputy Head of Foreign Relations Hiwa Bahrami, whose party has been part of the long effort to "attain Kurdish national rights within a federal and democratic Iran", said that Kurds have been bombed by Iranians for the past 40 years.
"This is not just several months [referring to the war in Ukraine]; we have had to deal with this for 40 years, since the Islamic Revolution," he told Israel Hayom.
Bahrami added that the recent "Hijab protest" in Iran, which was sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini by police officers who said she did not cover her head properly, has had the Kurdish minority once again become an easy target.
He noted that almost half of the roughly 400 dead in the protests have been Kurds and Baluch, many of whom were killed by drones and missiles that Iran has fired recently on Kurdish areas.
"We managed to down some of the drones with our air defenses, and we even took some photos of the aircraft," he said. "These are the same models used by the Russian military in Ukraine. Some of the components there are from European manufacturers and even US companies," he noted.
He stressed that his party is not "involved in organizing the unrest" but said that "everyone wants to get rid of this regime and regain freedom, not just in Kurdistan; it's only natural that we would support the people in Iran."
He then implored Israel to show its solidarity. "We want support from all democratic states, including Israel. For the regime, Israel is the main enemy and they always try to attack it in every possible way. Now Israel and the Iranians have a common goal."
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