On the seventh day of the joint U.S.–Israel military campaign against Iran’s regime, a wave of heavy airstrikes was carried out against 35 centers belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the regime’s security forces in the western belt of Iran. At the same time, Iran’s regime carried out drone attacks against targets in Iraq, particularly in the Kurdistan Region.
In the recent attacks, 35 bases affiliated with the IRGC in western Iran were targeted, leaving heavy human casualties.
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According to these sources, among the targets were the IRGC headquarters and the Basij command center in Ilam, Basij facilities in the cities of Sarab-Bagh (in Abdanan County), Badreh, Dareh-Shahr, Dehloran, Delgosha (in Malekshahi County), Lumar and several surrounding villages, as well as the headquarters of the Imam Hossein Battalion in the city of Ilam.
These attacks were accompanied by a retaliatory response from Iran’s regime, and parts of Iraq—including Basra Airport and targets in the Kurdistan Region—were struck by drone attacks.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Friday, March 6, citing a security official, that a drone launched by Iran struck the cargo terminal of Basra Airport in southern Iraq. He added that two other drones targeted the facilities of a U.S. company in the Burjesia oil complex, while a fourth drone targeted the Rumaila oil field, where the major energy company BP operates.
Iraq, which for years served as a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, has said it does not want to be drawn into the war engulfing the Middle East. However, despite these statements, it has not been spared the consequences of the ongoing conflict.
CNN reported early Saturday, March 7, that since it was revealed that the United States is arming Iranian Kurdish forces for a possible ground offensive, the camps of Kurdish groups opposed to Iran’s regime have become constant targets of the regime’s drones and ballistic missiles.
According to Agence France-Presse, explosions were heard on Friday near Erbil Airport, the capital of the Kurdistan Region.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources also announced on Friday that oil production at a field operated by a U.S. company had been halted following an attack that occurred the previous day in Duhok province.
The ministry stated that the attack was carried out from areas under the control of Iraq’s central government and called on Baghdad to prevent such attacks against civilians, economic infrastructure, and the oil and gas sector in the northern region.
Iran’s regime threatened on Friday that if Iranian Kurdish militias are allowed to enter Iran, it will target all facilities in the region.
Several opposition sources told Agence France-Presse on Thursday that no forces have entered Iran so far.
Kurdish militias and parties are currently in a position that can be described as a kind of preemptive deployment along the front lines, although a ground offensive has not yet begun.
Nevertheless, the heavy U.S. and Israeli attacks in western Iran may indicate that measures are underway to prepare the battlefield ahead of a possible ground operation.
