Iran suspends its attacks against Iraqi Kurdistan and asks Baghdad to “keep its promises” of security

Oct. 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has claimed to have suspended its artillery and missile attacks on positions of Kurdish groups in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, including targets in the capital, Erbil, amid demonstrations in recent weeks in the country.

“The Revolutionary Guards’ attacks have been stopped after having destroyed the predetermined targets. The continuation of the attacks will depend on the future behavior of the authorities in the northern region of Iraq,” the Revolutionary Guards said.

Thus, he pointed out that “if the authorities of the region adopt an intelligent decision and avoid the malice of the anti-Iranian separatist groups, the ceasefire will continue”, as reported by the Iranian news agency Tasnim.

“In any other case, the Revolutionary Guard will resume its operations against counterrevolutionary terrorist groups. Thus, it reserves the right to carry out these operations,” he stressed, after the artillery attacks carried out in recent weeks.

In this sense, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Naser Kanani, stressed during the day that Iran decided to attack “terrorist group bases” in the semi-autonomous Iraqi region after “all the previous measures” to warn Iraq against the use of its territory by these formations.

Kanani has stated that Tehran expects Baghdad to “keep its promises” and “guarantee security on the common border”, before defending that the attacks in recent weeks “are in line” with the United Nations Charter.

Iranian authorities have accused Kurdish opposition groups of fueling recent protests in the country over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from the Kurdish minority who died in custody after being arrested in Tehran for allegedly wearing the veil incorrectly.

Iran has about seven million Kurds, which represents about ten percent of its population. Most live in the Kurdistan region, located in the northwest of the country, near the border with Iraq.