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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Iran launches airstrike against Kurdish group in northern Iraq

A Kurdish fighter inspecting the damage after an Iranian cross-border attack in Zargwez, northern Iraq.
A Kurdish fighter inspecting the damage after an Iranian cross-border attack in Zargwez, northern Iraq. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Iran has launched a deadly cross-border airstrike into northern Iraq to punish Kurds for their role in supporting demonstrations over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in Iranian police custody that are still rattling the Tehran regime.

As many as 13 people were killed and 58 injured in the Iranian drone strikes on military bases in northern Iraq that belong to the exiled Kurdish Democratic party of Iran.

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