Iran announced that it has carried out strikes targeting a "spy headquarters and assembly of anti-Iranian terrorist groups," late Monday, shortly after missiles struck a high-end area near the US consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region.
"Ballistic missiles were used to destroy espionage centres and gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups in the region late tonight," the statement said.
In response to these strikes, the security council of the Kurdish regional government issued a statement confirming that four civilians lost their lives and six were injured in the attacks.
"This is a terrorist attack, an inhumane act that has been carried out against Erbil. Erbil will not be scared or shaken," Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw said, according to the Iraqi news outlet Rudaw.