On September 28, 2022, the

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khom ...

(IRGC) conducted drone, artillery and missile attacks against Iranian-Kurdish bases in

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, northern Iraq. Sources reported at least 20 deaths and 72+ injuries. The attack was a response to the

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and other Kurdish groups calling for more protests in the

Mahsa Amini protests Civil unrest and protests against the Government of Iran, government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the Death in custody, death in police custody of Death of Mahsa Amini#Victim, Mahsa Amini () began on 16 September 2022 and ca ...

, which Tehran accused of being foreign agents. Gen. Hasan Hasanzadeh of the Revolutionary Guard said 185 Basijis, a volunteer force, were injured by "machete and knife" in the unrest. Hasanzadeh also said rioters broke the skull of one of the Basij members. He added that five Basijis are hospitalized in intensive care. On September 28, the U.S. had also shot down an Iranian

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drone with an

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after it posed a threat to U.S. forces in the area. Similar attacks continued in the coming days, and casualties have increased to 18 deaths and 62 injuries as of October 4. Among the killed was an American citizen. On November 14, Iranian airstrikes on the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish parties operating in Iraqi Kurdistan continued, killing at least two people and injuring 10 others. Iraq's Foreign Ministry, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the United States condemned the strikes.

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