The IRGC Ground Force carried out the fresh round of artillery and missile strikes on the positions of terrorist and separatist groups based in northern Iraq after a six-week hiatus.
Following the suspension of military attacks against the KRG-based terrorists on October 8, an informed source had told Tasnim that the IRGC’s decision to halt or proceed with the attacks would depend on the KRG officials’ future measures.
The first stage of the attacks began on September 24, after terrorists’ move to ignite riots and unrest along border cities west of Iran.
One person was killed in missile attacks on the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in northern Iraq on Monday, according to local health authorities.
ReplyDeleteThe attacks targeted the PDKI premises in the towns of Koy Sanjaq and Zirguez in northern Iraq, local media reported.
Eight other people were injured in the attacks, the Health Ministry of the Kurdish Regional Government said in a statement.
PDKI is an armed Kurdish group banned by Iran.
Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had previously launched attacks on Kurdish armed groups in northern Iraq, accusing them of fanning anti-government protests in Iran.
Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests since September over the death of an Iranian woman in police custody.