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Meet the Kurdish peshmerga fighters waiting to enter the war against Iran

Two years ago, Monocle travelled to the Iran-Iraq border to meet Iranian Kurdish fighters training for the day they might return to their home country and battle the Islamic Republic regime.

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Meet the Kurdish peshmerga fighters waiting to enter the war against Iran

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Issue #191 | March 2026

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