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Iran says targeted 'terrorist groups' in Iraq

Iran says Revolutionary Guards targeted hostile groups in Iraqi Kurdistan

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Female members of the Iranian Kurdish opposition Komala party attend to the grave of Ghazal Moulai, a Peshmerga fighter in the ranks of the Iranian Kurdish opposition, during her funeral at the "Sheikh Ahmed Hindi" cemetery in the city of Sulaymaniyah, in the autonomous Kurdistan region on April 16, 2026.
Female members of the Iranian Kurdish opposition Komala party attend to the grave of Ghazal Moulai, a Peshmerga fighter in the ranks of the Iranian Kurdish opposition, during her funeral at the "Sheikh Ahmed Hindi" cemetery in the city of Sulaymaniyah, in the autonomous Kurdistan region on April 16, 2026.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted the headquarters of "terrorist groups" in Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported Monday.

"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has targeted the headquarters of terrorist groups in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq," Iran's IRNA news agency posted on Telegram.

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