The viral videos alleging to show a commander of The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) selling stolen Starlink devices – satellite internet terminals – is “propaganda,” PAK’s communications team told The Jerusalem Post when questioned on Monday.
The videos, where the commander of PAK issues violent threats and admits to selling Starlink devices, are “propaganda made up by the fans of [exiled crown prince] Reza Pahlavi.”
“Starlink is easy to get. It’s not logical for PAK to use a person such as Ebrahim Oveysi, who isn’t even related to PAK and is not a member of PAK, to sell it out,” the organization asserted.
“We have no idea about this footage. This person is a civilian and states his own opinions. We, as PAK, have no endorsement of it.”
An informed source told the Post that the man featured in the video had once been a low-level member of a different Kurdish organization, but is no longer affiliated with that movement.
This is not the first time that allegations have been made of a Kurdish organization taking supplies from Iranian civilians. US President Donald Trump, in April, claimed that weapons sent to Iranian civilians were taken by Kurdish groups, according to Fox News.
Kurdish opposition groups deny receiving the arms.
