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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have launched an artillery attack on “terrorist” bases in northern Iraq

2022-09-25

#Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have launched an artillery attack on “terrorist” bases in northern #Iraq, state media report.https://t.co/mrEgrSMRGR pic.twitter.com/90bhQ6AqYU
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) September 24, 2022

Would these be the same communities that Turkey keeps attacking?

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched an artillery attack on anti-Iranian holy warrior bases in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq on Saturday, Iranian state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported.

"Headquarters of anti-Iranian terrorists" based in northern Iraq were targeted by the Guards, state TV said, in reference to Kurdish groups based there.

Iran
Iran

...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
has blamed the armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents of involvement in ongoing unrest in the country, particularly in the northwest where most of Iran's up to 10 million Kurds live.

"These operations... will continue in order to ensure viable border security, punish criminal Lions of Islam and hold officials (of the Kurdish Regional Government) accountable toward international regulations and their legal duties," the Guards said in a televised statement.

Iranian officials have often called on the KRG to curb the activities of Iranian Kurdish groups in the area. They also say Israeli agents are based in the region, which is denied by KRG.

Iran has repeatedly targeted Kurdish rebel groups in Iraq’s Kurdish region. There have been frequent festivities in the remote and mountainous border region between Iranian security forces and holy warrior groups opposed to the Tehran government.

Rudaw has the answer:

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday shelled offices of Kurdish opposition groups in Erbil’s Sidakan district, accusing the Kurdish parties of inciting "chaos" in the country as demonstrations condemning the controversial death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini grow by the day.

Amini’s death, while in police custody for allegedly wearing the hijab in an improper manner, sparked outrage across the Kurdish areas of western Iran
Iran

...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...
(Rojhelat) where large demonstrations and strikes have been held for over a week. The town of Oshnavieh, known in Kurdish as Shno, reportedly fell into the hands of protesters on Friday evening, as videos circulating on Iranian and Kurdish social media depicted thousands of young men and women marching through the city, and setting ablaze government offices, banks, and an IRGC base.

Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the IRGC, stated that the shelling targeted offices of Komala and the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) for allegedly sending "armed teams and a large amount of weapons... to the border cities of the country to cause chaos."

Sidakan’s mayor Ihsan Chalabi confirmed the news to Rudaw, saying the incident has not resulted in any casualties or damages, apart from starting fires in the mountainous areas of the district.

A statement from the IRGC said that the attack comes due to the "negligence and indifference" of "regional authorities," referring to authorities in the Kurdistan Region, "in spite of numerous reminders and warning" to prevent the establishment and activities of the anti-Iranian regime groups.

It also urged the locals of the Kurdistan Region to "stay away" from offices and locations of the Kurdish gangs.

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Leader Masoud Barzani on Monday extended his condolences to Amini’s family, wishing for the "implementation of justice."

The KDPI is a Kurdish opposition party that has waged an on-and-off armed war against the Iranian government since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Komala is a leftist Kurdish armed opposition party based in the Kurdistan Region and fighting for the rights of Kurds in Iran.

Posted by:Fred

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