The Kurdistan Freedom Party said one of its headquarters in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq was targeted in an attack the group said took place at 11:45 p.m. The group, one of several Kurdish opposition organizations in Iran, said in a report that "at 23:45 tonight, a drone attack targeting the bases of the Kurdistan National Army by the Iranian regime was intercepted."
Kurdistan Freedom Party says Iran targeted its headquarters in northern Iraq
The Kurdistan Freedom Party said one of its headquarters in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq was targeted in an attack the group said took place at 11:45 p.m. The group, one of several Kurdish opposition organizations in Iran, said in a report that "at 23:45 tonight, a drone attack targeting the bases of the Kurdistan National Army by the Iranian regime was intercepted."
The attack is the latest in a series on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in recent days, according to the report. The Komala group has also been targeted at least twice in the last week. Iran renewed strikes against Komala facilities near Erbil in July and August, and again in early September.
The attacks come as the United States is withdrawing from Iraq under an agreement for US-led anti-ISIS coalition troops to leave, the report says. A new US Inspector General report said Iran had targeted US diplomatic posts in Iraq since February. "Mission Iraq experienced more than 600 attacks during the reporting period," the Inspector General report said. "The US Consulate General in Erbil's new consulate compound suffered damage to multiple buildings. The US Embassy in Baghdad suffered damage but to a lesser extent. The Baghdad Diplomatic Support Compound, located near Baghdad International Airport, suffered extensive damage."
Iranian Kurdish opposition groups sought greater political and military coordination during 2026, the report says. On February 22, days before the US and Israeli strikes, five groups announced the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan: the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), the Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle, known as Khabat, and Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan. The Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan subsequently joined, creating a six-party alliance, the report says. Komala has three branches, and two of them joined, the report says. The groups had already increased coordination during anti-government protests in January, when seven Kurdish parties backed a general strike across Kurdish areas of Iran, according to the report.
Iranian missiles and drones have repeatedly targeted facilities associated with PDKI, Komala, PAK and other opposition organizations, the report says. A UK government review citing reporting from the region said almost 700 Iranian and Iran-linked missile and drone attacks targeted Iraqi Kurdistan between February 28 and mid-April, including around 170 strikes directed specifically at Iranian Kurdish opposition parties. The report says it is now believed there have been 1,000 attacks.
The report says Iran has targeted the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq over several years, claiming Israel is active there. It says Iran knew of reports that the US wanted to arm these groups, and that Iran suspects Israel supported them with airstrikes. Iran has also struck US bases, the report says, and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq refuse to disarm and also target Saudi Arabia.
- The source does not state whether the reported attack caused any casualties or damage.
- The source does not give a calendar date for the attack, describing it only as having occurred overnight.
- The source does not state the reporting period covered by the US Inspector General report it cites, or the date of that report.
- The source does not attribute the figure of 1,000 attacks to a named source, saying only that it is now believed.
- The source does not explain what the "Kurdistan National Army" named in the PAK statement is, or its relationship to PAK.
- The source states that Komala has three branches and that two joined the coalition, without reconciling the two figures.
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