Iranian media claim involvement of Iraqi Kurdish groups in Isfahan attack

01 February 2023

Iraq-based Kurdish "counter-revolutionary organizations" are involved in a drone attack on the facility of the Ministry of defense and logistics of the Iranian Armed Forces in Isfahan, Nournews, an Iranian portal close to the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic, reported.


The day before the portal reported that Iranian security forces had identified the drone manufacturer, without specifying who it was.


Nournews now claims that "Kurdish counterrevolutionary groups" based in Iraqi Kurdistan smuggled parts into Iran, which were then used to assemble the drones "in a specially equipped workshop" on Iranian soil. Explosives for the drones were delivered in the same way. The transfer was carried out through a route in an inaccessible mountainous region in northwestern Iran.


According to the Iranian portal, last August, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence officials arrested a group of Kurdish fighters who were on a mission assigned by Israeli intelligence to organize sabotage at Iranian industrial facilities.


Nournews stresses that Iran "has repeatedly pointed out to the Iraqi authorities the need to prevent the destructive actions of Kurdish counter-revolutionary groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan." According to the portal, "the continuing terrorist activity of these groups against the Islamic Republic of Iran" indicates that the Iraqi government is not yet able to "fully comply with its legal obligations in this regard."


In the night of January 29, IRNA agency reported that a strong explosion took place in Isfahan city, located in the central part of Iran. Later, the country's defense ministry said that on Saturday there was an attack on one of the ministry's centers using drones. According to the ministry, one drone was shot down and the other two hit defensive traps and exploded. No one was injured as a result, and there was minor property damage. The statement did not specify who Tehran considered to be involved in the attack.

 

 

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Based on materials from TASS