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Iran missile strike hits Komala Party headquarters in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region
Iran has launched a missile at the headquarters of the Komala Party in the Duli Alan area northeast of Erbil in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, according to the party.
Amjad Panahi, a spokesperson for Komala, said in a post on Facebook that the missile hit on Tuesday afternoon but party members had protected themselves through advance preparedness and protective measures.
Komala, or the Kurdish Toilers Party, is a Kurdish political opposition group that advocates for the rights of Kurds in Iran and has been a recurring target of Iranian strikes.
According to Panahi, since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Iranian forces have used more than 102 missiles and drones to target Komala’s headquarters and camps.
The latest strike comes just two weeks after an Iranian missile attack on a Komala base in the Alana Valley injured six of the group’s members.
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Iranian FM, Kurdish leader discuss security coordination in phone call
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) President Bafel Talabani have discussed strengthening economic and trade relations, as well as security coordination along their shared borders, in a phone call.
Araghchi “expressed his appreciation” for the strengthened relations, particularly regarding “the development and expansion of economic and trade cooperation”, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.
Araghchi and Talabani also “emphasised the need to strengthen security coordination and cooperation to maintain the security of the shared borders, ensure stability in the border regions and effectively counter terrorist threats, based on the security agreement between Iran and Iraq”, Tasnim said.
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Iraq reviews security protocol in response to regional developments
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih Al-Zaidi has met with the Parliamentary Security and Defence Committee to review the country’s security protocol amid the US-Israel war on Iran.
“During the meeting, the situation in the country was reviewed, along with the efforts being made by the security apparatus […] to impose security and stability, and to protect the country’s borders and airspace against various threats, especially in light of the events and repercussions unfolding in the region,” Zaidi’s office said in a statement shared on social media.
Zaidi also indicated that a draft law only allowing the state to hold weapons should be prepared, as allowing other bodies to hold arms “undermines the authority of the law and weakens the prestige of the security institutions”.
The prime minister said that having a strong military will ensure the country’s “economic, political and security stability, thereby preserving the security and safety of Iraq and the potential of its people”.
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