Iraq has filed a complaint against Iran with the United Nations (UN) Security Council over “Iranian aggression”, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday (16).
The letter was also addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and says that “the Iranian missile aggression that hit the city of Erbil has led to innocent civilian casualties, injuries to others and damage to public and private property.”
Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday launched ballistic missiles at what it said was a spy base for Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, in northern Iraq, and at “anti-Iran terrorist groups” in Syria. .
The attacks were condemned by the United States, which said the action was “reckless” and inaccurate.
At least four civilians were killed and six others were injured, according to the local government.
The attack appears to have deepened concerns about worsening instability in the Middle East since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, with Iran's allies also taking part in the conflict in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iraq. Yemen.
Iraqi minister denies that Israel operates in the attacked region
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Tuesday that no Israeli-affiliated centers are operating in Erbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Hussein told Becky Anderson, from CNN, that Iran attacked “civilian areas” in Erbil, including a house, and that all those killed and injured in the attack were Iraqi Kurds.
Hussein, who is also Iraq's deputy prime minister for international relations, condemned the attacks and said he considered them “an aggression and violation of international law.”
“This aggression is a flagrant violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of the Iraqi people,” the statement said.
“The Iranians do not want or cannot attack Israel. They look for victims around them, and then attack Erbil,” she added.
He highlighted that Iraqis “are paying the price” for Iran’s tension with Israel as well as the United States.
Source: CNN Brasil
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