An armed Iranian policeman monitors an area while standing on an armored vehicle in front of a portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is killed in a U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 7, 2026.

Iran Says Targeted ‘Terrorist Groups’ in Iraq

Jun 8, 2026 5:30 AMPublished Jun 8, 2026 5:30 AM

Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted the headquarters of "terrorist groups" in Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported Monday.

The Iranian government accuses the armed Kurdish parties, which have camps in neighbouring Iraq's Kurdistan region, of serving Western or Israeli interests and designates them as terrorist organisations.

Since the start of the Middle East war, and despite a ceasefire announced in April, Iran has repeatedly struck these groups, although their posts and camps had largely been evacuated.

"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has targeted the headquarters of terrorist groups in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq," Iran's IRNA news agency posted on Telegram.