Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took credit for missile strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting what it described as “anti-Iranian terrorist groups.”
“Ballistic missiles were used to destroy espionage centers and gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups in the region late tonight,” Iran’s guards said in a statement.
The attacks were reported near Erbil, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. The strikes were close to the U.S. Consulate in the area, though they did not report any damage or casualties.
“No US facilities were impacted,” a U.S. official told the Washington Examiner. “We’re not tracking damage to infrastructure or injuries at this time.”
The Kurdistan Regional Security Council said four people were killed while six others were wounded, according to ABC News.
“This is a terrorist attack, an inhumane act that has been carried out against Erbil,” Erbil Gov. Omed Khoshnaw said, according to Iraqi news outlet Rudaw. “Erbil will not be scared or shaken.”
Iraqi government officials will hold a security meeting on Tuesday to discuss “Iranian violation of Iraqi territory and Iranian non-compliance with the security agreement between the two countries,” local Iraqi media reported, according to ABC.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The strikes in Syria were in response to an ISIS suicide bombing that occurred last month in southern Iran. The death toll in that attack was just shy of 100.
Iran’s attacks will likely heighten concerns of a regional conflict blossoming out of the Israel-Hamas war. Tehran has largely avoided direct involvement, though it supports several proxies in its so-called Axis of Resistance against the United States and the West.
