Part of the destruction caused by the Iranian bombing of targets in Erbil (Anatolia)

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry condemned the "aggression against the sovereignty of Iraq" after the Iranian strikes on the city of Erbil in the northern Kurdistan region, and threatened to resort to the Security Council.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Iranian bombing on the city of Erbil "aggression against the sovereignty of the country and an abuse of good neighborliness and security of the region," adding that it will take all legal measures, including submitting a complaint to the Security Council.

The UN mission in Iraq also "strongly" condemned Iran's attack on Erbil and called for "an end to attacks that violate Iraq's sovereignty."

At dawn on Tuesday, the Kurdistan Regional Security Council in northern Iraq announced in a statement that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards launched a ballistic missile attack on several civilian areas in Erbil at 11:30 pm on Monday, killing 4 civilians and wounding 6 others.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had bombed what it described as "espionage centers and gatherings of anti-Iran terrorist groups" in Erbil with ballistic missiles, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masrour Barzani strongly condemned the attacks, stressing in a post on his X account that his government would work to "stop these brutal attacks."

Barzani called on the central government in Baghdad to take a firm stance against the "flagrant violation" of the sovereignty of Iraq and the northern region.

He also called on their partners in the international community not to remain silent in the face of these repeated attacks, saying, "We will work in the coming days with our partners in the international community to stop these brutal attacks against our innocent people."

The rocket attacks targeted sites in an area about 40 kilometers from the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan region, in an area close to the US consulate and civilian residences.

Iranian missile strikes targeted sites in an area near the US consulate in Erbil (Anatolia)

U.S. conviction

The United States condemned the attacks, with State Department spokesman Matthew Miller saying in a statement that "the United States strongly condemns Iran's attacks on Erbil today and offers its condolences to the families of those killed. We oppose reckless Iranian missile strikes that undermine Iraq's stability."

White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrian Watson also denounced a "series of reckless and inaccurate strikes," stressing that "no U.S. crews or facilities have been targeted" in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Bombing Syria

Besides Iraq, Iran also bombed targets inside Syria, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that violent explosions were heard in the city of Aleppo and its countryside, noting that "at least 4 rockets came from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea" fell and landed in the countryside of Aleppo.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had bombed "gathering places for commanders and key elements of terrorists (...) Especially ISIS (Islamic State), in the occupied territories of Syria."

In its statement, the IRGC said its bombardment of these sites in Syria was "in response to the recent atrocities of terrorist groups that led to the martyrdom of a group of our dear compatriots in Kerman and Rask".

On January 90, two suicide bombings occurred in the southern Iranian city of Kerman, near the shrine of former IRGC Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, during ceremonies commemorating the anniversary of his assassination in a US raid in Iraq, and the two bombings, claimed by the Islamic State, killed <> people and wounded dozens of people.

Source: Agencies