Iran said it carried out missile and drone strikes on Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region, accusing them of preparing attacks against the Islamic Republic. Iranian officials stated that the strikes targeted the headquarters of “anti-revolutionary” Kurdish groups operating near the city of Erbil.
According to Iranian state media, several missiles hit camps belonging to Kurdish opposition organizations such as Komala and other groups Tehran considers separatist militants. The attacks reportedly killed at least one fighter from an exiled Kurdish faction and wounded others.
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, warned Kurdish organizations not to take advantage of the regional turmoil. “Separatist groups should not think that a breeze has blown and try to take action,” he said, adding that Tehran would not tolerate any cross-border activity.
The strikes come amid escalating regional conflict and follow earlier drone attacks on Kurdish opposition camps in northern Iraq.
Kurdish groups deny entering Iran
Despite claims circulating in some international media, several Iranian Kurdish opposition groups insist that none of their fighters have crossed into Iran.
Officials from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) and Komala said reports suggesting their forces had launched a ground offensive in Iran’s Kurdish region—known as Rojhelat—were false.
“We are on standby for all possibilities, but none of our forces have entered Rojhelat so far,” a Komala official said, dismissing the reports as misinformation intended to divide Kurdish factions.
Advisers to the Kurdistan Regional Government also rejected the claims, saying that no Iraqi Kurds had crossed the border into Iran.
Conflicting reports about Kurdish offensive
The denials came after reports, including one citing a U.S. government official, suggested that thousands of Kurdish fighters had begun a ground offensive against Iranian forces.
Some Kurdish opposition groups confirmed that their fighters had moved closer to the Iran-Iraq border and were on standby but stopped short of confirming any incursion into Iranian territory.
At the same time, speculation has grown that Kurdish militias could become a new front against Tehran if the conflict expands.
