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Iranian shelling on border villages in Sidekan District in Arbil province left behind 5 people among killed and wounded, eye witnesses in Arbil reported on Monday.
“Iranian shelling resumed on Saturday night targeting border villages in Sidekan District in Arbil. Shelling lasted till Monday morning killing two civilians and wounding three others”, head of Sidekan District Qader Ahmad Sora said in a statement to Alsumarianews.
“Shelling caused a state of panic among villagers”, Sora added.
“Two civilians were seriously wounded due to Iranian shelling while armed clashes resurged between Iranian Forces and Kurdistan Workers Party on the borders”, reported eye witnesses from Sidekan District, Arbil.
More than 300 families of herders moved away from their pastures in fear of a possible Iranian land offensive on their lands, eye witnesses added.
Sidekan District is located with the border area of Iraq, Turkey and Iran. It is formed of 254 villages and inhabited by more than 10000 citizens.
Iranian Forces are carrying out an offensive against border regions of Iraq Kurdistan under the pretext of targeting PJAK Party, opposed to Iran. Iranian shelling has caused the displacement of hundreds of families in Arbil and Sulaimaniah while three civilians were wounded and major damages were inflicted.
Kurdistan leader Massoud Barazani urged Iranian government on the 2nd of July to resort to dialogue in order to resolve issues instead of shelling border regions.
Kurdistan Alliance senior official Mahmoud Othman criticized on the other hand the “silence” of Baghdad central government and Kurdistan regional government towards Iranian-Turkish ongoing shelling on Kurdistan.
Othman called to expose the security agreements signed with neighboring countries.
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