# Iran is emerging stronger from war, Iraqi Kurdish leader says

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/iran-is-emerging-stronger-from-war-iraqi-kurdish-leader-says/
- Published: 2026-11-12T12:01:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T12:23:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Middle East Eye (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-emerging-stronger-from-war-iraq-kurdish-leader-bafel-talabani-says
- Topics: Middle East, World

## Key points

- Talabani says Iran is emerging stronger, but changed, from the war.
- He urges the US to pursue dialogue with Tehran.
- A strike on Khor Mor has disrupted power across Iraqi Kurdistan.

## Summary

Bafel Talabani, leader of Iraq’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said Iran is emerging “stronger, but different” from the US-Israeli war and urged Washington to engage with Tehran through dialogue. His comments challenge US administration claims that Iran is close to economic collapse and come as relations between the PUK and Iran have faced strain over Kurdish opposition groups.

Talabani said a recent visit to Iran showed him restaurants full of young people and fewer than half of women and girls wearing headscarves. He said Iran had assured him it was not behind a drone strike on the Khor Mor gas field, which has left almost 70 per cent of Iraqi Kurdistan without normal power supplies, and called for a serious investigation. He also said the region needs air defence systems, while its political crisis has deepened after the PUK withdrew from parliament.

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