Last night's bombings in Erbil (the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan) affected the US base at the international airport and left at least four civilians dead, including a one-year-old baby. The attacks by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are in response to the double attack on the 3rd in which 94 people were murdered on Iranian soil.
Iraq – which has already recalled its ambassador in Tehran and is threatening to lodge a complaint with the UN Security Council – accuses the Ayatollah regime of attacks on civilians and denies the existence of a Zionist spy headquarters in Kurdish territory.
Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani speaks of unfounded accusations and hopes that the international community will take action. “The surprising thing is that we are not part of this conflict. We do not know why Iran is retaliating against the civilian population of Kurdistan, especially in Erbil. We have nothing against any of our neighbors and especially Iran. We don't know.” “What the reasons are. , but all the allegations they have made are unfounded,” he says. “We hope that the Iraqi federal government and the international community will take all necessary measures to prevent the repetition of these attacks in the future,” Barzani concludes.
On his part Iran describes last night's bombings as “deterrence measures in the face of threats to its national security.”
