Iraq summons Iran envoy to protest strikes in Kurdish region
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq has summoned the Iranian ambassador in Baghdad to lodge protest against drone and artillery strikes in the country’s northern Kurdish region.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahhaf said the envoy was handed a strongly-worded note of protest against the ongoing attacks in the Kurdish region.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the ministry termed the Iranian strikes as a “dangerous development that threatens Iraq’s security and sovereignty.”
“These unilateral provocative acts complicate the security situation, cast a pale on the region and contribute to increasing tension,” the ministry said in a statement.
According to the Iranian media, Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard unleashed a wave of drone and artillery strikes targeting ‘bases of armed groups’ in northern Iraq.
At least nine people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks, according to Iraqi health authorities.
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