Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it carried out strikes against what it described as US- and Israel-backed “counter-revolutionary terrorist groups” operating in northern Iraq.
According to a statement by the IRGC’s Hamzeh Sayyed al-Shuhada Command, shared by Iran’s Fars News Agency, the groups were attempting to smuggle a large consignment of sealed American weapons and ammunition into the country. The statement said the targets were struck in Kurdistan Province.
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The command further said a large quantity of arms and ammunition was discovered and seized.
On the other hand, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said he will call on G7 finance ministers to adhere to the sanctions regime aimed at restricting funding for what he described as Iran’s “war machine”.
With inputs from Al Jazeera