Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Kick Off Operation Against Kurdish Insurgents In Northern Iraq (Video)
On September 24, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kicked off an operation against Kurdish Iranian insurgents in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
In a brief statement, the guards’ Ground Forces said that they are targeting the headquarters of “terrorist groups” in Kurdistan.
“Our operations, which are meant to provide lasting security, punish terrorist perpetrators and push the [Kurdistan] region’s authorities to assume their responsibilities, will continue,” the statement reads.
The IRGC went on to call on civilians in Kurdistan to stay away from the headquarters of the “terrorist groups” that opposes Iran.
According the Mehr News Agency, the IRGC Ground Forces targeted the headquarters of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and other Kurdish Iranian guerilla groups in the Barbzin Heights to prevent a unit of well-armed insurgents from infiltrating Iran’s border. The agency said that the insurgents want to “create chaos” in Iran.
The IRGC operation in the Kurdistan Region came amid mass protests in Iran. The protests were triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested for allegedly breaking Iran’s strict rules on wearing the hijab, the Islamic head covering for women.
Iran, which has already accused foreign powers of supporting the protests, is apparently warried that the United States could use Kurdish Iranian guerilla groups in the Kurdistan Region to spark an insurgency on its border with Iraq, or even within its territory. The Komala Party is one of the groups that enjoys close relations with Washington.
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