Fars: Iran targets ‘terrorist groups’ in Iraq’s Kurdistan

Iranian Kurdish men load produce into the back of a pickup truck in a field in the Penjwen district, about 96 kilometres north of Iraq's northeastern city of Sulaymaniyah and eight kilometres west of the border with Iran in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, on Sept 22, 2022. (SAFIN HAMED / AFP)

DUBAI – Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted on Monday what the semi-official Fars news agency reported as "terrorist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan region with missile and drone strikes.

The Revolutionary Guards have launched attacks on Iranian Kurdish militant opposition bases in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq since the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on Sept 16.

Iran has accused Kurdish militants in northern Iraq of fomenting unrest which has gripped the country.

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