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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The drone attack on Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani's office, launched from Iran, sets a "serious precedent," Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Monday, demanding an official clarification from Tehran. Iran's chief diplomat reportedly denied knowledge of the incident.
In a phone call, Hussein told Araghchi that while Tehran had for months used the presence of Kurdish dissident groups in the Kurdistan Region as a pretext to carry out assaults, “the latest attack directly targeted the office of the Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister, setting a serious precedent that risks escalating tensions and threatening regional stability.”
The Iraqi foreign ministry added in its statement that Baghdad’s chief diplomat “condemned the unprovoked strike and requested clarification of Iran's official position on the attack, emphasizing that such actions constitute a dangerous escalation with negative repercussions for Iraq's security and regional stability.”
Hussein called on Tehran to "issue an official statement clarifying the Islamic Republic's position on the attack and the parties or motives behind it."
The call came hours after the Directorate General of Counter Terrorism (CTD), affiliated with the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), said “two explosive drones of the Hadid-110 type were launched from the Iranian side of the border” toward the Kurdish Premier’s private office and “the residence of the director of the Security Council in Erbil province's Pirmam district.” The targeting caused no casualties.
In a statement on X, Prime Minister Barzani slammed the "reckless and unacceptable attacks in the strongest terms," calling them "a dangerous escalation and a direct threat to the security and stability of the Kurdistan Region."
For his part, Araghchi was cited by the Iraqi foreign ministry as expressing “surprise at the attack,” adding that “he had no information indicating the strikes were launched from Iranian territory.”
The senior Iranian diplomat reportedly affirmed that “there was no justification for such actions given the positive and strong relations between the Iranian government and the Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG], particularly with the Region's two main parties.”
Araghchi “reaffirmed his country's rejection of anything that fuels escalation or undermines stability, and pledged to issue an official statement outlining the Iranian government's position on the incident,” the Iraqi foreign ministry added.
