Iran claims responsibility for strikes near US consulate in northern Iraq

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Iran claims responsibility for strikes near US consulate in northern Iraq

Iran has claimed responsibility for the missile attack exploded near the US consulate in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq Monday.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they were targeting “spy headquarters and gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups” near Erbil, Kurdistan’s capital and most populous city.

Four civilians were killed and six others wounded in the attack, the security council of the Kurdish regional government said.

No US facilities were hit or damaged, a US official told the Associated Press.

Iran said it attacked the headquarters of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack.

Explosion of red fire and smoke in the night skyFour civilians were killed and six others wounded in the attack, the security council of the Kurdish regional government said.

Explosion of red fire and smoke in the night skyNo US facilities were hit or damaged, a US official told the Associated Press.

In a separate, but simultaneous attack, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they also attacked “terrorist operations” including Islamic State targets in Syria.

With Postal wire.

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