Iran announces agreements with Iraq to continue to secure Iranian borders
Billows of smoke caused by the shelling of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Kurdistan region. Photo: AFP
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, announced on Wednesday that Iraq’s central government affirmed its commitment to remove ‘terrorist groups’ from Iran’s western borders.
“The central government of Iraq agreed with us on the need to disarm and remove terrorist groups from our borders, and declared its commitment to do that,” Abdollahian said during a press conference.
Abdollahian explained that the agreements with Iraq continue to ensure the security of Iran’s borders so that there is no need to take direct measures, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
The ground forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced on Tuesday it launched new attacks against the headquarters of what it described as a ‘separatist terrorist group’ in Kirkuk governorate in northern Iraq.
The Iranian state television mentioned that the ground forces of the Revolutionary Guards announced it targeted the headquarters of a separatist terrorist group using missiles and drones in the outskirts of Kirkuk.
Iran repeatedly bombards Kurdistan region claiming it targets sites of separatist groups, while Baghdad denies harboring any groups that threaten neighboring countries.
During a meeting with the Iraqi National Security Adviser, Qassim Al-Araji, last October, Abdollahian said that his country is waiting for Iraq not to allow Kurdistan region to be a starting point for threats against Iran.