IRAQ. Near Erbil. 2023. Jilano (L) and Media (R) (no last names given for security reasons). Two Kurdish-Iranian female Peshmarga who recently fled Iran to join PAK. PAK, the Kurdistan Freedom Party of Iranian Kurds, based in Northern Iraq. The party has between 600-1000 fighters, approximately 1/3 of them female. Founded in 1991, their aim is an independent Kurdish state.