Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked Kurdish opposition group bases in the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday, September 28, with ballistic missiles and suicide drones causing casualities.

The United States condemned this and vowed to take action and "disrupt Iran's destabilizing activities across the Middle East" after Iran's missile and drone attacks against the Kurdistan Region. In a statement, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan showed support for Iraqi and Kurdish leaders. He called the recent Iranian attacks "an attack on the sovereignty of Iraq and its people."

At about 2:10 p.m. local time, US forces shot down an Iranian Mojer-6 unmanned aerial vehicle that was heading toward Erbil and looked like it could threaten USCENTCOM forces in the area. According to a preliminary count from the Kurdish health ministry, the IRGC attacks killed nine people and wounded almost 40; this number is expected to go up.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that drones and missiles were used in the attacks. It also said that the operations would continue until all bases of Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups were taken down and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) did its job in doing so .

Sullivan also stated that, “Iranian leaders continue to demonstrate flagrant disregard not only for the lives of their own people, but also the core principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity enshrined in the UN charter.” Sullivan expressed that Iran can't blame attacks on other countries for its own problems and the legitimate complaints of its own people.

By: Baniz Wasman