Thirteen killed in Iraq as Iran attacks Kurdish groups blamed for protests
Source: BBC
Thirteen killed in Iraq as Iran attacks Kurdish groups blamed for protests
By David Gritten
BBC News
28 September 2022
Thirteen people have been killed in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, officials say, as Iran launched missiles and armed drones at what it said were bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups.
A pregnant woman was reportedly among those who died in the strikes.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps said it hit "separatist terrorists" who had supported recent "riots".
Anti-government protests have swept across Iran since the death in custody of a Kurdish woman there 12 days ago.
Mahsa Amini, 22, from the north-western city of Saqez, was visiting in Tehran when she was detained by morality police for allegedly violating the strict law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf.
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Komala party fighters said 10 drones hit buildings in Zargwez, outside the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah