Trump, Iran's Kurdistan party leader hold “very positive” phone talk

US President Donald Trump and General Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) Mustafa Hijri had "a very positive conversation" over the phone, a high-level KDPI source told The New Region.

The discussion marks a notable direct engagement between the US president and the Kurdish political leadership in Iran, though specific details of the conversation were not disclosed, Caliber.Az reports.

#BREAKING: US President Donald Trump and General Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) Mustafa Hijri had "a very positive conversation" over the phone, a high-level KDPI source tells The New Region pic.twitter.com/zbgKF69ebO

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By Vafa Guliyeva