Iraqi parliament tasks committees to investigate cross-border attacks
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Iraqi parliament on Saturday tasked two committees to investigate the latest attacks on the Kurdistan Region, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) MP told Rudaw on Saturday.
“The Iraqi parliamentary speaker tasked the defense and security committee and the foreign affairs committee of the parliament to coordinate with the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to carry out a complete investigation for the bombardments in Iraq,” Shwan Mohammed said.
The MP added that the committees are expected to prepare their reports and they will be discussed in the parliament’s upcoming sessions.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked the Kurdistan Region’s Erbil and Sulaimani provinces last month, targeting the bases of exiled Kurdish opposition groups. At least 16 people were killed and over 50 were injured in the attacks, according to Kurdish parties and data collected by Rudaw.
The attacks have been vehemently condemned locally and internationally, with the United Nations warning on Tuesday that such aggressions on the Kurdistan Region by neighbors Iran and Turkey have become the “new normal.”
“These reckless acts must cease. No neighbor should treat Iraq as its backyard,” UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) chief Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said during a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in Iraq.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday told his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein that despite the guarantees provided by the Kurdistan Region, armed Kurdish opposition groups “that have taken shelter in that region are still posing security threats against Iran.”
The IRGC on Saturday threatened to invade the Kurdistan Region to cleanse the area of armed opposition groups, accusing them of fomenting the weeks-long unrest which has gripped Iran since Tehran's morality police killed a young Kurdish woman in custody last month.
In response to the Iranian bombardment, the Kurdish opposition groups called for the second general strike in Iran’s western Kurdish areas (Rojhelat) since the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in detention in the capital of Tehran.
Many villagers in Erbil’s bordering areas have abandoned their houses in recent days with Iran continuing to bombard the bordering areas.
“The Iraqi parliamentary speaker tasked the defense and security committee and the foreign affairs committee of the parliament to coordinate with the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to carry out a complete investigation for the bombardments in Iraq,” Shwan Mohammed said.
The MP added that the committees are expected to prepare their reports and they will be discussed in the parliament’s upcoming sessions.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked the Kurdistan Region’s Erbil and Sulaimani provinces last month, targeting the bases of exiled Kurdish opposition groups. At least 16 people were killed and over 50 were injured in the attacks, according to Kurdish parties and data collected by Rudaw.
The attacks have been vehemently condemned locally and internationally, with the United Nations warning on Tuesday that such aggressions on the Kurdistan Region by neighbors Iran and Turkey have become the “new normal.”
“These reckless acts must cease. No neighbor should treat Iraq as its backyard,” UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) chief Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said during a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in Iraq.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday told his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein that despite the guarantees provided by the Kurdistan Region, armed Kurdish opposition groups “that have taken shelter in that region are still posing security threats against Iran.”
The IRGC on Saturday threatened to invade the Kurdistan Region to cleanse the area of armed opposition groups, accusing them of fomenting the weeks-long unrest which has gripped Iran since Tehran's morality police killed a young Kurdish woman in custody last month.
In response to the Iranian bombardment, the Kurdish opposition groups called for the second general strike in Iran’s western Kurdish areas (Rojhelat) since the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in detention in the capital of Tehran.
Many villagers in Erbil’s bordering areas have abandoned their houses in recent days with Iran continuing to bombard the bordering areas.