ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Saturday strongly condemned a series of recent attacks on the Kurdistan Region, warning that the violence persists even though the Region is not part of the US-Iran conflict and urging greater protection from both the federal government and international partners.

"Although we have not been part of the conflict, we continue to come under attack," the premier wrote on X. "Despite the ceasefire and ongoing peace talks, these attacks have killed at least five people and injured many more."

Renewed Iranian strikes on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups escalated on Friday, with at least three people killed and several others injured in attacks on the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) in Erbil.

On Tuesday, a female member of the Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan succumbed to her wounds sustained in an Iranian strike on the group’s base in Sulaimani’s Surdash area.

The attacks on the dissident groups, which were heavily targeted by Iran following a US-Israeli military campaign launched in February, come despite the existence of a tenuous ceasefire between the foes.

Barzani called on Iraq’s federal government to take “practical measures” to end the attacks, stressing that continued inaction risks further escalation and harm to civilians.

He also urged international partners to provide the necessary equipment to help protect the Kurdistan Region, including its civilian population and energy infrastructure, from what he described as ongoing threats.

Located at a geographically perilous juncture, Iraq and the Kurdistan Region came under attack from both sides of the recent conflict, with the US and Israel striking pro-Iran factions in Iraq while the country's eastern neighbor bombed US interests.

The Kurdistan Region bore a significant amount of attacks by Iran and Iran-aligned Iraqi militias, with Peshmerga personnel being killed and numerous vital energy installations being struck.

Erbil has repeatedly expressed its uninvolvement in the conflict and has greatly protested the stark economic effects of such attacks, having called on Baghdad to rein in the actions of pro-Iran factions officially on the federal payroll as components of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).