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Official: Iran Airstrikes Target Kurdish Groups in Iraq

This photo provided by Iraqi Parliament Media Office shows Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaking during the parliamentary session to vote on the new government in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct.27, 2022. (Iraqi Parliament Media Office via AP)

Iran on Tuesday launched a new round of strikes at Iranian Kurdish dissident groups based in Iraq’s northern, semi-autonomous Kurdish region, a spokesman said. 

Iranian opposition groups were targeted in two locations, in the areas of Perdi and Degala, according to a tweet by the local government's spokesman, Lawk Ghafuri. He told The Associated Press that it was not yet clear whether there were any casualties in the strikes. 

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