Iranian Kurdish opposition parties condemn missile strike on Peshmerga in Erbil

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian Kurdish opposition parties on Tuesday "strongly" condemned Tehran's missile strike that killed six Peshmerga fighters and injured dozens more in Erbil province, urging the international community to respond to what they called a violation of the Kurdistan Region’s sovereignty.

In a statement issued by a newly formed coalition of Iranian Kurdish political parties, they said, “The hostile attack by the Islamic Republic on the Peshmerga headquarters is a violation of the political sovereignty of the Kurdistan Region.”

Expressing sympathy for the victims’ families, the coalition emphasized that since the outbreak of the war on February 28, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s missile and drone attacks have targeted “the bases of the parties of Eastern Kurdistan [western Iran], as well as military and civilian centers in the Kurdistan Region,” describing the attacks as “war crimes” by Iran.

The coalition called on allied countries and the international community to take a firm stance against the attacks and respond swiftly.

Early Tuesday, Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Peshmerga Area Command One headquarters in Erbil province’s Soran administration, killing six fighters and injuring 30 others, the Kurdistan Regio's Ministry of Peshmerga said.

This strike follows a series of missile and drone attacks on the Kurdistan Region since February 28, when a joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran began.