September–October 2022 attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan

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{{Short description|Drone bombing campaign and missile attacks on Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq}}

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{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = September–November 2022 attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan

| location = Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

| date = September 28, 2022

| partof = Kurdish-Iranian conflict, Mahsa Amini protests

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| target = Bases of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan

| type = Drone bombing campaign

| weapons =

| fatalities = 20 (per Kurdish officials){{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=Iran continues missile attack on Iraq's Kurdistan |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221004-iran-continues-missile-attack-on-iraqs-kurdistan/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=2022-11-14 |title=Iran strikes dissident sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, two dead - officials |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rocket-attack-near-iraqs-erbil-kills-one-wounds-10-mayor-2022-11-14/ |access-date=2023-10-27}}

| injuries = 72 injured (per Kurdish officials){{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=Iran continues missile attack on Iraq's Kurdistan|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221004-iran-continues-missile-attack-on-iraqs-kurdistan/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=2022-11-14 |title=Iran strikes dissident sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, two dead - officials |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rocket-attack-near-iraqs-erbil-kills-one-wounds-10-mayor-2022-11-14/ |access-date=2023-10-27}}

4 Iraqi security officers (per Iraq)

| perpetrator = {{flagicon image|Seal of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg|size=23px|border=}} IRGC

• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the_Islamic Revolution.svg}} Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• {{flagicon image|Flag of Basij.svg}} Basij

| motive = Targeting sites of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups whom Tehran accused of orchestrating protests after Mahsa Amini death

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On September 28, 2022, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted drone, artillery and missile attacks against Iranian-Kurdish bases in Koya, northern Iraq.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=Kurdish officials: Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-dubai-middle-east-united-nations-tehran-54c89d7c0d95002cfa88f98f88d156f7 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} Sources reported at least 20 deaths and 72+ injuries.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=Iran launches airstrike against Kurdish group in northern Iraq |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/28/iran-launches-airstrike-against-kurdish-group-northern-iraq-mahsa-amini-protests |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

The attack was a response to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and other Kurdish groups calling for more protests in the Mahsa Amini protests, 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 Qods Mohajer-6 drone with an F-15 after it posed a threat to U.S. forces in the area.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-29 |title=A U.S. citizen was killed in Iranian attack in Iraq, State Dept. says |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-citizen-was-killed-iranian-attack-iraq-state-department-says-rcna50056 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

Similar attacks continued in the coming days, and casualties have increased to 18 deaths and 62 injuries as of October 4.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=Iran continues missile attack on Iraq's Kurdistan |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221004-iran-continues-missile-attack-on-iraqs-kurdistan/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}} Among the killed was an American citizen.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-30 |title=U.S. national, mom and infant among those killed as Iran rains missiles down on Kurds in northern Iraq - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-missile-attack-iraq-kurdistan-us-national-mom-and-infant-among-victims/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-14 |title=Iran strikes dissident sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, two dead - officials |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rocket-attack-near-iraqs-erbil-kills-one-wounds-10-mayor-2022-11-14/ |access-date=2023-10-27}}

Iraq's Foreign Ministry, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the United States condemned the strikes.