ISTANBUL — Iran’s military has said it has targeted bases of Iranian Kurdish forces in northern Iraq with three missiles, stepping up strikes on Kurdish regions in both Iran and Iraq. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), issued a statement on the strikes against the Kurdish opposition groups located in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. Earlier, heavy explosions were reported in the village of Zirgwez near Sulaymaniyah, where Iranian Kurdish opposition groups are based. According to media reports, four explosions were heard in the area where members of the groups live with their families and there were no reported casualties. Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, warned Kurdish opposition groups that were allegedly planning to cross into Iran from Iraq not to exploit the situation and take action, stating that no tolerance would be shown to them under any circumstances. One person was killed and three injured in Iranian strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday on bases belonging to two separate Kurdish opposition groups, the BBC has confirmed. One base was hit by a ballistic missile at about 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Wednesday, injuring four Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. One died later from his injuries. One building at the base had been crushed, with rubble and twisted metal strewn over a wide area. There was also a hole in the ground, gouged out by a missile. At another base belonging to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), the BBC saw the aftermath of a double drone strike on Tuesday, which was said to have injured one civilian. Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state. About 10% of Iran’s 84 million population are Kurds, who are mainly Sunni Muslims and live mostly in the country’s north-western regions. — AgenciesISTANBUL — Iran’s military has said it has targeted bases of Iranian Kurdish forces in northern Iraq with three missiles, stepping up strikes on Kurdish regions in both Iran and Iraq. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), issued a statement on the strikes against the Kurdish opposition groups located in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. Earlier, heavy explosions were reported in the village of Zirgwez near Sulaymaniyah, where Iranian Kurdish opposition groups are based. According to media reports, four explosions were heard in the area where members of the groups live with their families and there were no reported casualties. Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, warned Kurdish opposition groups that were allegedly planning to cross into Iran from Iraq not to exploit the situation and take action, stating that no tolerance would be shown to them under any circumstances. One person was killed and three injured in Iranian strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday on bases belonging to two separate Kurdish opposition groups, the BBC has confirmed. One base was hit by a ballistic missile at about 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Wednesday, injuring four Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. One died later from his injuries. One building at the base had been crushed, with rubble and twisted metal strewn over a wide area. There was also a hole in the ground, gouged out by a missile. At another base belonging to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), the BBC saw the aftermath of a double drone strike on Tuesday, which was said to have injured one civilian. Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state. About 10% of Iran’s 84 million population are Kurds, who are mainly Sunni Muslims and live mostly in the country’s north-western regions. — Agencies
Iran attacks bases of Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq
