ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The opposition Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) on Saturday said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out 88 missile and drone attacks against its bases during the first month of the Middle East war, with “deliberate” strikes on civilian infrastructure.
“These strikes have deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure, including libraries, hospitals, medical centers, and residential areas within our camps near Koya and Erbil, as well as Peshmerga positions in the mountains of Kurdistan,” the KDPI said in a statement.
Bases of Kurdish opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region have repeatedly come under attack since the US and Israel launched a major offensive against Iran in late February.
“In total, more than 650 missiles and drones have been launched across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq over the past month, resulting in 14 fatalities and 93 wounded. Several of the victims were members of Kurdish opposition parties,” the KDPI added.
Iranian dissident parties, many of which are based in the Kurdistan Region, have long been military targets for Iran, drawing concerns from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the Region’s security.
Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, the attacks on the Kurdistan Region have resulted in at least 14 deaths and 93 injuries, according to data obtained by Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) on Sunday.
According to the CPT report, the attacks were mainly carried out using drones, accounting for 359 incidents, while missiles made up 104 of the strikes.
The majority of the attacks targeted Erbil province, which recorded 370 strikes. Sulaimani followed with 90, Duhok with 11, and Halabja recorded the fewest at three.