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Iraq

Explosion targets Kurdish-Iranian politician in Erbil

2022-06-07

Explosion targets Kurdish-Iranian politician in Erbilhttps://t.co/9T60Ql88DY
— SHAFAQ News (@Shafaqnews) June 6, 2022

An explosive device planted on the vehicle of Kurdish-Iranian politician, Akbar Almaz, blew up today, Monday, a security source reported.

The source told Shafaq News agency that the explosion took place near Sitaqan area, Erbil, where there is an office for the Iranian struggle movement.

For its part, the Kurdistan Region's counter-terrorism department said that the person who was targeted in the explosion is a member of the movement, noting that investigations are ongoing to uncover the circumstances of the incident.

Rudaw adds:

Akbar Sinjabi, member of the organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle (Sazmani Khabat), was inside the car when the suspected bomb was believed to have detonated. Sinjabi is also a former member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran

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"God willing, he will be fine," Shorsh Haji, a senior member of Sazmani Khabat, told Rudaw’s Bahroz Faraidun in front of Erbil’s Western emergency hospital.

The impact reportedly maimed parts of Sinjabi’s left leg, which he is undergoing treatment for. No other casualties have been reported from the incident.

As of Monday afternoon, exact details of the presumed attack remain unclear, and no parties have assumed responsibility,

Members of Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have been targeted in the Kurdistan Region in the past, with the parties accusing Iran of the killings.

In August, Mousa Babakhani, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDP-I), was found dead in a hotel room in Erbil displaying signs of torture.

Qadir Qadiri, a senior commander of the KDP-I, was found dead in March 2018 in Hartal village, Ranya district, near Sulaimani’s border with Iran. He had been shot 21 times.

Sazmani Khabat is a combatant political organization, one of many groups in the region, and has been fighting to achieve the increased rights of Iranian Kurds for the last 38 years.

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