{"podcast":{"title":"War Nerd Radio — Subscriber Feed","slug":"war-nerd-radio-subscriber-feed-2278154","podcast_index_feed_id":2278154,"rss_url":"https://exiledonline.com/45wn84klrz/feed.xml","website_url":"http://exiledonline.com/45wn84klrz/","image_url":"http://exiledonline.com/45wn84klrz/images/itunes_image.png","author":"Gary Brecher","episode_count":620,"summary":"Nothing fancy; just the wars, ma’am. It runs on your donations, like all guerrilla campaigns. Support the show!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T12:20:11.354142+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-nerd-radio-subscriber-feed-2278154"},"episode":{"title":"Radio War Nerd EP 614 — Iranian Kurdish Groups and the Iran War, feat. Kamal Chomani","slug":"radio-war-nerd-ep-614-iranian-kurdish-groups-and-the-iran-war-feat-kamal-chomani","published_at":"2026-06-24T00:26:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-nerd-radio-subscriber-feed-2278154/radio-war-nerd-ep-614-iranian-kurdish-groups-and-the-iran-war-feat-kamal-chomani","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-nerd-radio-subscriber-feed-2278154","url":"http://exiledonline.com/45wn84klrz/?name=rwn_ep_614_061826_v2.mp3","audio_url":"http://exiledonline.com/45wn84klrz/media/rwn_ep_614_061826_v2.mp3","summary":"Guest: Kamal Chomani Recorded: June 18, 2026 We talk to researcher Kamal Chomani about the Iranian Kurdish groups that were, according to various reports, supposed to act as the ground force for the US-Israel War on Iran. We discuss the real reasons why the Iranian Kurds didn't join Trump-Netanyahu's trainwreck, who the different groups are, and what their goals are. Kamal also answers questions about Kurdish politics and strategies in Iraq and Syria. Brief glossary-PKK: Kurdistan Workers Party, largest and most influential Kurdish political-military organization, based in Turkey, led by jailed Abdullah Öcalan.Iranian Kurdish groups:-PJAK: Kurdistan Free Life Party, closely tied to PKK, largest Iranian-Kurdish military force-KPDI (or PDKI): Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran. Oldest Iranian-Kurdish force, maintream-socialist.-KPIK: Komala Party of Kurdistan. Leftist rivals of PJAK, smaller.Iraqi Kurdistan:-KDP (Kurdish Democratic Party) - led by Barzani clan. Capital: Erbil-PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) - led by Talabani clan. Capital: Sulaymaniyah Total time: 1:20:59 * Buy & review John Dolan's new book, They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio","meta_description":"Guest: Kamal Chomani Recorded: June 18, 2026 We talk to researcher Kamal Chomani about the Iranian Kurdish groups that were, according to various reports,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4859,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/war-nerd-radio-subscriber-feed-2278154/episodes/radio-war-nerd-ep-614-iranian-kurdish-groups-and-the-iran-war-feat-kamal-chomani/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-nerd-radio-subscriber-feed-2278154/radio-war-nerd-ep-614-iranian-kurdish-groups-and-the-iran-war-feat-kamal-chomani.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}