Security forces in Iran are trying to curb protests that have embroiled cities across the country for more than a week, and the repercussions are being felt in neighboring Iraq, where Tehran has attacked Kurdish opposition groups.
Nine people have been killed and at least 32 others, including children, were injured in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Wednesday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran bombarded the region for the fifth day, according to the Iraqi News Agency.
The drone and missile strikes targeted offices and civilian bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Iraqi Kurdistan, including in the cities of Erbil, Sulaimaniya and Pirde, Kurdish officials and rights groups said. They were the latest in a string of attacks on the region since Saturday after Tehran accused Kurdish groups based in northern Iraq of fomenting some of the demonstrations that have overtaken Iran for 12 days.
The protests were set off on Sept. 16 after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, in police custody. Ms. Amini had been arrested over claims that she had violated Iran's head scarf law, which mandates the covering of hair for adult women.