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Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Nov 16, 2022

Kurdistan — A member of Komala opposition party stands in the remains of what used to be their headquarters a few hours prior. Iranian missiles and drones struck multiple headquarters of Kurdish opposition groups in the KRI on Sept. 28, 2022 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. — Hawre Khalid/Getty Images

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, which has close links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), announced today that the attacks on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Iraqi Kurdistan will continue until these groups are disarmed or leave the region completely.

The IRGC bombed the Koysinjaq area in Iraq’s Kurdistan region Nov. 14, with at least five rockets, causing two deaths and leaving dozens injured.

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