Exiled Kurd group says Iran conducted deadly strike on fighters in Iraq

by AFP Staff Writers
Erbil, Iraq Mar 4, 2026
An Iranian Kurd group exiled in Iraq told AFP an Iranian strike on its fighters killed a member of its ranks, as the Middle East war raged across multiple fronts. Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region hosts camps and rear bases operated by several Iranian Kurdish rebel groups that have repeatedly faced cross-border strikes from Iran, which has long accused them of serving Western or Israeli interests. "At 11:22 am (0822 GMT), the Iranian regime launched three rockets at a PAK camp which houses our families" in an area close to Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan, said Khalil Sanani, spokesman of the exiled Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK). "One guard was killed and another three wounded," he added. On Tuesday, drone strikes blamed also on Iran, hit a camp belonging to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI). Iran has designated Kurdish opposition groups, that have previously fought its security forces in Kurdish-majority areas along the border, as terrorist organisations. But in recent years, these groups have largely refrained from armed activity, although they continue to actively campaign from exile against the Islamic republic. Last month, five groups, including the PDKI and PAK, announced a political coalition to seek the overthrow of Iran's Islamic republic and ultimately to secure Kurdish self-determination. strs-rh/ser Related Links
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