ERBIL - The results of an investigation launched by a US special team into Iran's missile attack on the two Kurdish opposition groups in Koya district near Erbil province, refuted the information claimed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the story, a source said.

Earlier on Sunday, the IRGC claimed that it had targeted the twin parties' headquarters "by seven surface-to-surface rockets on Saturday by the missile department of the Guards' aerospace force," in which at least 17 Peshmerga forces were killed while 40 more were wounded from both the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDKI) and the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran).

According to the information obtained by BasNews from a reliable source, the US team has refuted the allegation of using this type of rockets, saying that if such missiles were used, they would’ve resulted in much more casualties and damages, and noting that such claims by Iran are to protect their relations with the Kurdistan Region especially since such collaborations are highly considered by Kurds as betrayal.

The team pointed out that the rockets were launched only 20 to 40 kilometers away from the targeted spot, the source added.

The source further revealed that the drones were controlled from Kirkuk, a city where the pro-Iranian Hashd al-Shaabi militias are dominant since October, last year.

Bas News