ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Tuesday condemned the deadly Iranian attack on Peshmerga bases in Erbil as a “direct hostile assault,” calling on Baghdad to prevent the recurrence of such attacks.

An Iranian ballistic missile attack on the Peshmerga's bases in Erbil province’s Soran administration early Tuesday killed at least six Peshmerga and injured 30 others, the Peshmerga ministry announced.

“We strongly condemn the Iranian missile attack that targeted Peshmerga forces' headquarters in the Soran area early this morning, resulting in a number of heroic Peshmerga being martyred and wounded,” the president said in a statement.

Barzani said the attack is a “direct hostile assault against the sovereignty of the country, is entirely unjustifiable, and stands in complete contradiction to the principles of good neighborliness.”

“The Kurdistan Region has always been a factor of peace and stability. We are committed to a policy of non-interference and keeping away from conflicts, and in no way pose a threat to the security of neighboring states.”

He called on the Iraqi government as well as the international community to “intensify efforts to prevent the recurrence of such assaults,” and to protect the sovereignty of Iraqi and Kurdistan Region territory.

The Peshmerga ministry wrote in a statement that a force of the 5th Infantry Division of the Peshmerga forces in Soran and the headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division of Area Command 1 “were subjected to an attack by six Iranian ballistic missiles.”

The ministry labeled the strike a “terrorist attack,” describing it as “a hostile act and treachery and far from all humanitarian and neighborly behavior.”

No party has claimed responsibility for the Tuesday attack as of the time of writing this article.

Pro-Iran Iraqi militias have claimed dozens of attacks on the Kurdistan Region, including multiple strikes on Peshmerga bases, since the start of the Iran war, under the pretext of targeting American positions.

Many of the Iran-backed factions responsible for the attacks enjoy legal status within Iraq due to their official incorporation into the state security apparatus as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has previously stated that the Iraqi government is “responsible” for stopping the attacks, because a part of the militias behind the attacks “get their salaries from the federal government, and are armed and funded” by Baghdad.