The U.S. government on Monday strongly condemned Iran’s «continued attacks» with missiles and unmanned drones against the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, urging the Iranian Executive to «refrain from further threats».
«We strongly condemn Iran’s continued missile and drone attacks against the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. We call on Iran, which has repeatedly and brazenly violated Iraq’s sovereignty, to halt these attacks and refrain from further threats against Iraq’s territorial integrity,» the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
In this regard, the United States has shown its support to its partners in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan, stressing that it shares the joint goal of «preserving the security, stability and sovereignty of the country».
In recent hours, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has carried out new missile and drone attacks against positions of Kurdish groups in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, amid the tensions of recent months.
According to reports carried by the Iranian news agency Mehr, Iranian forces have used artillery and drones to attack bases of several Kurdish formations, including the Democratic Party of Kurdistan of Iran (PDKI).
Iranian authorities began suspending their attacks on targets in Iraqi Kurdistan on October 10 «after destroying predetermined targets.» «The continuation of the strikes will depend on the future behavior of the authorities in the northern Iraqi region,» the Revolutionary Guards said.
In this regard, the government has accused Kurdish opposition groups of stirring up recent protests in the country over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman from the Kurdish minority who died in custody after being detained in Tehran for allegedly wearing the veil incorrectly.
Iran has about seven million Kurds, representing about ten percent of its population. Most live in the Kurdistan region, located in the northwest of the country, along the border with Iraq.
