Iran’s IRGC launches fresh strikes in Iraq’s Kurdish region
ERBIL, Iraq / TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said that it had launched fresh aerial strikes against Kurdish armed groups in northern Iraq.
State media quoted IRGC officials as saying that the “terrorist positions” in northern Iraq were targeted with missile and drone strikes early Monday.
One person was killed and eight others were injured in missile attacks targeting the headquarters of Komala Party and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (IKDP).
Iranian authorities have accused anti-Iran Kurdish groups based in northern Iraq of fomenting unrest in the country in the wake of the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody.
IRGC officials said the targets were the “headquarters of terrorist groups” in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region, referring to Komala Party and IKDP.
They said the attacks were launched after “repeated warnings”. They added that the operation will continue “until they (Kurdish groups) stop their movements”.
In September, the IRGC carried out an artillery attack on what it called the “headquarters of terrorist groups” in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
In a statement at the time, IRGC said its ground forces targeted the positions of Komala, accusing it of smuggling weapons into Iran amid widespread anti-government protests.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters that Iran “will not be silent” over threats coming from the Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
More than 100 members of Komala Party and the Kurdish Democratic Party have been arrested in recent anti-government protests.
Senior military officials also claimed that Iranian authorities seized a “significant quantity of ammunition” from these people.
Iran has accused Western powers as well as Kurdish groups based in northern Iraq of “fomenting unrest”.
The United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Iranian officials and entities in recent weeks over what they call a “brutal government crackdown” on protests.
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