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Iran Launches New Strikes on Kurdish Sites

Iran renewed bombing of sites in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, said an official from Komala Iranian-Kurdish opposition. Atta Nasser said that the Iranian forces launched artillery fire and drone strikes on bases used by exiled Iranian group Komala in the Mount Halgurd area, near the Iranian border. The…

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Protesters Rally across Iran in Third Week of Unrest over Amini’s Death

Protesters rallied across Iran on Saturday and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations against the death of a woman in police custody entered their third week. The protests, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, have spiraled into the biggest show…

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Exiled for decades, Iranian Kurds in Iraq come under fresh fire

Koysinjaq (Iraq) (AFP) - When Iranian strikes came crashing on northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, nurse Rezane Hassan rushed to the scene to help the victims, never imagining that her own fiance would be one of them.

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US Confirms Death of American Citizen in Iran’s Attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan

The United States Department of State has confirmed that an American citizen was killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks on Wednesday that struck areas in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. “We can confirm that a US citizen was killed as a result of a rocket attack in the…

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Ignoring Iraqi Protest, Iran Continues Bombing Kurdistan Region Villages

Iranian artillery on Thursday resumed attacking civilian sites north of the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The renewed Iranian shelling hit the Sidekan sub-district of the Soran region. “The attack targeted the Saqar and Barzini regions in Sidekan,” said Ihsan Shalabi, Sidekan’s mayor. “It did not result…

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US says citizen killed in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan

Washington (AFP) - The United States said Thursday that one of its citizens was killed in Iranian strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan as it separately announced fresh enforcement of sanctions on Tehran's oil sales.

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U.S. confirms American citizen killed in rocket attack in Iraqi Kurdistan

U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel on Thursday confirmed that a U.S. citizen was killed in the Iranian rocket attack that targeted dissident sites in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday.

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Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 13 in Iraqi Kurdistan

Zargwez (Iraq) (AFP) - Iran launched cross-border missile and drone strikes that killed 13 people in Iraq's Kurdistan region Wednesday after accusing Kurdish armed groups based there of stoking a wave of unrest that has rocked the Islamic republic.

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U.S. condemns Iranian attacks in Iraqi Kurdistan region

The United States on Wednesday condemned Iran's use of ballistic missiles and drone attacks against the Iraqi Kurdistan region and called it "an unjustified violation of Iraqi sovereignty and territorial integrity."

Reuters

Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 9 in Iraqi Kurdistan

Zargwez (Iraq) (AFP) - Iran launched cross-border missile and drone strikes that killed nine people in Iraq's Kurdistan region Wednesday after accusing Kurdish armed groups based there of stoking a wave of unrest that has rocked the Islamic republic.

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Seven dead in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan: ministry

Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iran was accused of killing seven people and wounding 28 in cross-border strikes Wednesday against Kurdish factions in Iraq that have deplored an ongoing protest crackdown in the Islamic republic.

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Kurdish Officials: Death Toll Climbs in Iranian Drone Attack

An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said. The strikes took place as demonstrations continued to engulf the country after the death of Mahsa…

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Kurdish Protesters Rally in Erbil over Amini's Death in Iran

Dozens of Iraqi and Iranian Kurds rallied in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Saturday over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in the custody of Iranian police. Protestors carrying placards with Amini's photograph gathered outside the United Nations compound in Erbil chanting "Death to the…

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Amid protests, Iranians in Iraq tell of repression at home

Penjwen (Iraq) (AFP) - As deadly protests flare in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Iranians who have crossed into neighbouring Iraq's Kurdistan region for work speak of repression back home.

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The Guardian - UK

Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow

Social media platforms have also been cut off in areas of Tehran and Kurdistan as videos of dissent go viral

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Alarm Grows over Deadly Iran Crackdown on Protests

International alarm mounted on Tuesday over a deadly crackdown in Iran against protests that erupted over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Tehran's notorious morality police. Amini, 22, died on Friday three days after she was urgently hospitalized following her arrest by police responsible…

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Protests erupt in Iran over woman’s death; 3 killed

Violence erupted in Iran’s capital and three were killed in the northwest province of Kurdistan, as security forces cracked down on the biggest public backlash against the country’s dress code for women since the 1979 revolution that ushered in the laws.

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Several killed in Iran during protests over woman’s death in police custody

Iranian authorities confirmed on Tuesday that four people were killed during popular unrest over the death of a young woman in police custody, but sought to deflect blame from security forces by saying the protester killings were "suspicious".

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Alarm grows over deadly Iran crackdown on protests

Paris (AFP) - International alarm mounted on Tuesday over a deadly crackdown in Iran against protests that erupted over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Tehran's notorious morality police.

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Three dead in Iran protests over Amini's death: governor

Tehran (AFP) - Three people have been killed during protests in Iran's Kurdistan province over the death of a young woman after she was arrested by "morality police", the region's governor said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Iran official confirms deaths of 3 Iranians in Kurdistan, says causes 'suspicious'

An Iranian official on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of three people during days of protests in the Kurdistan region of Iran, semi-official Fars news agency reported, calling the deaths "suspicious" but without elaborating.

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Concern mounts at 'lethal' Iran crackdown on protests

Paris (AFP) - The United Nations and rights groups expressed concern Tuesday over what activists described as a lethal crackdown in Iran against protests over the death of a young woman after her arrest by Tehran's notorious morality police.

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At Least 22 Arrested as Tehran Governor Accuses Protesters of Attacks

The governor of Tehran has accused protesters of attacking police and destroying public property during demonstrations ignited by the death of a young woman while in the custody of Iran's morality police. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran's Kurdistan province, fell into a coma and died following her arrest in…

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Iraq Threatens New Legal Action against Kurdistan Crude Buyers

Iraq's state-owned oil marketer SOMO has threatened fresh legal action against buyers of crude oil originating from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, according to a letter dated Aug. 23 seen by Reuters. The letter is the latest in a series of moves by Iraq's oil ministry to try to control oil…

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Turkish Drone Bombs the Vicinity of Erbil

A Turkish drone has bombed the vicinity of Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, according to the German Press Agency on Saturday citing an Iraqi source. The bombing targeted a “hideout of members of the Kurdistan Labor Party (PKK), early this morning, in the Sidekan sub-district of Soran in…

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