Yemen condemns attacks by Iran on Iraq鈥檚 Kurdistan region

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter inspects the damage following an Iranian cross-border attack in the area of Zargwez, where several exiled left-wing Iranian Kurdish parties maintain offices. (File/AFP)
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  • Iraq鈥檚 state agency reported 58 injuries as a result of the attacks

DUBAI: Yemen鈥檚 government has condemned the attacks carried out by Iran on Iraq鈥檚 Kurdistan region, which has seen 13 reported deaths.

Yemen has accused Iran of targeting 鈥榮ecurity and stability in the region in a miserable attempt to create an external crisis for internal reasons鈥�, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs鈥� statement released on state agency SABA.
It also said the Iranian regime 鈥榮eeks to veer attention off the renewing revolution鈥� by the Iranian people against the government in Tehran.
鈥淚n this regard, the Yemeni government is following with great concern the excessive use of force and brutal repression by the Iranian regime against the brotherly Iranian people, and affirms its support for the people and their aspirations to achieve their legitimate rights to freedom, dignity and equal citizenship,鈥� the statement added.
Iraq鈥檚 state agency reported 58 injuries as a result of the attacks, which occurred near Irbil and Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Iran launched the attacks after the country鈥檚 authorities accused armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents of being involved in the unrest currently shaking the country, especially in the northwest.