US Together with the Iraqi Prime Minister and Kurdistan leaders condemn the Iranian shelling of Erbil, the parties will work on the involvement of Iran to justice, said the US President Jake Sullivan President’s National Security Council. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
The responsibility for the rocket shelling of Erbil took over the guard of the Guards of the Islamic Revolution (KSIR, the elite parts of Iran’s Sun), stating that he managed to hit Israeli secret bases on the territory of Kurdistan. However, local authorities reported that there were no Israeli bases there, and the rockets hit the residential area, where, in particular, a new complex of the US Consulate General is built.
Sullivan noted that the United States condemns a rocket blow to Kurdistan. As a result, a residential building was fired in Erbil “without any reason,” he added.
“The United States, together with the Prime Minister (Iraq Mustafoy – Ed.) Al-Kazai and leaders of Kurdistan – President of Unchild Barzani and Prime Minister Barzani condemn this encroachment on the sovereignty of Iraq and its Kurdistan region. We will support the Iraq government in the involvement of Iran. By responsibility and we will support our partners in the Middle East in the confrontation of such threats from Iran, “the Sullivan state says.
Iraq’s authorities demanded an explanation from Iran in connection with the shelling of Iraqi Kurdistan and presented a protest note in connection with this Ambassador in Baghdad.