Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has attacked a militant group’s base positioned within the north of neighboring Iraq, state media reported.
The official authorities information company IRNA mentioned the IRGC floor forces fired artillery from positions inside Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province on September 24, attacking what it described as a “terrorist group” based mostly throughout the border.
The IRGC-affiliated Tasnim information company mentioned the assaults focused the bases of Kurdish separatist teams within the north of Iraq.
The IRGC assaults had been in response to the help of the separatist group for the current unrest within the nation, in addition to their try to import weapons into Iran, the report mentioned.
Iran has confronted greater than per week of protests and unrest over the dying of a 22-year-old lady, Mahsa Amini, who died in custody after being detained by Tehran’s morality police.
The protests, which began in Amini’s dwelling province of Kurdistan, have unfold to dozens of cities throughout the nation.
