Iran FM: Iraqi govt. responsible to stop threats from Kurdistan region

Iran’s foreign minister has urged the neighboring Iraq to stop threats posed to Tehran from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remark in a late Monday phone call with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein.

During the conversation, the Iranian top diplomat described security as a key element both at regional level and in bilateral relations.

“The Islamic Republic does not expect to be threatened from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in view of the two countries’ excellent relations,” Amir-Abdollahian said, adding, “The central government [in Iraq] is responsible to [stamp out] these [terrorist] measures.”

Iran’s top diplomat was referring to anti-Iran terrorists’ occasional attempts at using the semi-autonomous region’s territory to target the Iranian soil or to smuggle weapons into the country, which have been used in recent riots to target Iran’s security forces.

In response to terrorist activities targeting Iran’s security over the past years, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has now and then targeted terrorists’ lairs in the Kurdistan region. The preemptive strikes have grown especially larger in scale since September 24.

The latest of the defensive operations took place earlier on Monday, with the IRGC pounding the positions of terror groups operating near Iran’s western and northwestern borders in the Kurdistan region with multiple rocket launchers, precision-strike weapons, and drones.

Iran’s foreign minister has urged the neighboring Iraq to stop threats posed to Tehran from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remark in a late Monday phone call with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein.

During the conversation, the Iranian top diplomat described security as a key element both at regional level and in bilateral relations.

“The Islamic Republic does not expect to be threatened from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in view of the two countries’ excellent relations,” Amir-Abdollahian said, adding, “The central government [in Iraq] is responsible to [stamp out] these [terrorist] measures.”

Iran’s top diplomat was referring to anti-Iran terrorists’ occasional attempts at using the semi-autonomous region’s territory to target the Iranian soil or to smuggle weapons into the country, which have been used in recent riots to target Iran’s security forces.

In response to terrorist activities targeting Iran’s security over the past years, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has now and then targeted terrorists’ lairs in the Kurdistan region. The preemptive strikes have grown especially larger in scale since September 24.

The latest of the defensive operations took place earlier on Monday, with the IRGC pounding the positions of terror groups operating near Iran’s western and northwestern borders in the Kurdistan region with multiple rocket launchers, precision-strike weapons, and drones.