Iran says Iraq has agreed to disarm and relocate Kurdistan militants
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Iraq's Foreign Ministry had condemned the attacks by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in September 2022.
PHOTO: AFP
DUBAI – Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement that “armed terrorist groups” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region will be disarmed and relocated in September, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
“An agreement has been struck between Iran and Iraq, in which Iraq has committed to disarm armed separatists and terrorist groups present in its territory, close their bases, and relocate them to other locations before Sept 19,” ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said at a weekly briefing.
The spokesman did not specify where militants would be relocated to. There was no immediate comment from Iraq.
Iran has long accused Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region of harbouring terrorist groups involved in attacks against the Islamic Republic, with the Revolutionary Guards repeatedly targeting their bases.
In September 2022, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired missiles and drones at militant targets in Iraq’s Kurdish region, killing 13 people, according to the local authorities.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry had condemned the attacks. Iran’s elite military and security force had said it would continue targeting what it called terrorists in the region. REUTERS
