Very interesting article. Kurds and Iran have gotten along... well, at least compared to certain other neighbors.
Currency war is a very effective way for US to influence the ME right now. Certainly helping the Kurds a lot.
Kurds have been treated harshly by Mullah’s an the IRGC. One of the Iranian Kurd groups has had some coordination with Iran.
The Mullah’s are not friends of Kurds.