Renewed Iranian attacks in northern Iraq kill at least 1

By SAMYA KULLAB
Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials in northern Iraq say missiles fired from Iran have killed at least one person and wounded eight. Monday’s assault was the latest in a series of recent attacks that targeted bases of an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Iraq. One official with the Iranian opposition in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish-run region later put the death toll at three and the regional Kurdish health minister said the number of casualties was expected to rise. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it targeted “terrorist” bases by drone and missiles. Iran accuses the groups of orchestrating anti-government protests that have swept Iran. Those protests first focused on ending Iran’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, but have transformed into calls to end clerical rule.