Regarding the actions taken by Iraq regarding the security agreement, Mohammadreza Ashtiani in an interview on Sunday stated, “Some measures have been taken, we will evaluate in the 90th minute and make a decision based on this evaluation.”
Earlier on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said that the deadline for implementing this agreement will not be extended under any circumstances and this matter has been officially announced by Iranian officials to the Iraqi side.
In July, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces warned Iraq over the presence and the activity of anti-Iran terrorist groups in that country.
Major General Mohammad Bagheri said that Iran waits until Iraq’s deadline is over and hopes that the Iraqi government fulfills its responsibility, but if the deadline is finished and the anti-Iran terrorists remain armed or continue to carry out operations, the country will resume acting against the terrorists.
IRGC Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour earlier said that Iraq has undertaken a commitment to disarm and expel anti-Iran terrorists operating in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
Since September 24, 2022, the IRGC has launched several rounds of airstrikes against the positions of the terrorists who are holed up in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The IRGC has urged the central government in Iraq and authorities in Kurdistan to meet their commitments toward Iran and take necessary measures to secure the border.
On November 21, 2022, positions of anti-Iran separatist and terrorist groups in northern Iraq came under combined attacks using missiles and kamikaze drones. The strikes targeted the positions of the notorious ‘Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan’ (PDKI) and the Komala Party in northern Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran’s Arabic-language al-Alam television news network reported at the time.
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