Drone attack on residence of Iraqi Kurdistan president ‘clear act of terrorism’: IRGC 

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has denounced a US-Israeli drone strike on the residence of the president of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, describing the assassination attempt as “a clear act of terrorism.”

According to security sources, a drone attack targeted Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani’s home in Duhok, the northwestern part of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, on Saturday.

Citing these sources, Reuters reported that air defenses also shot down a drone near a Peshmerga base in the region.

In the wake of the attack, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani spoke with Barzani by phone, his office said. He also ordered an investigation into the drone strike.

In its statement, the IRGC described the drone attack on Barzani’s residence as “a clear example of a terrorist act by aggressor enemies.”

The aggression, it said, follows a pattern of “cowardly assassinations” of senior Iranian officials by the US and Israel.

The IRGC added that these “malicious efforts” by the two enemies are aimed at undermining peace, stability, and regional cooperation between the Kurdistan Region and neighboring countries.

The IRGC also expressed its full readiness to defend neighboring countries through a “collective defense shield” and enhanced regional security cooperation to counter the aggressors.

The United States and Israel launched a joint military aggression against the Islamic Republic on February 28 by assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders.

The enemies have deliberately targeted Iran’s civilian infrastructure and energy facilities, killing hundreds of Iranian people.

Iran’s response to the unprovoked war, however, has been decisive and precise. The country’s armed forces have so far carried out 85 waves of Operation True Promise 4, targeting Israeli military and strategic sites as well as US military bases across the region with missiles and drones, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.

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