US State Department issues condemnation of Iran’s attacks in Erbil

Following Iran’s announcement late Monday that it had launched strikes towards a “spy headquarters and the gathering of anti-Iranian terrorist groups,” the US State Department launched a press release condemning Iran’s attacks. 

“The United States strongly condemns Iran’s attacks in Erbil today and offers condolences to the families of those who were killed. We oppose Iran’s reckless missile strikes, which undermine Iraq’s stability,” Matthew Miller, the State Department spokesperson stated in a press release. 

Miller added that the U.S. helps the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government’s efforts to satisfy the aspirations of the Iraqi folks.

This all comes simply days after the State Department claimed the Biden administration ‘will guarantee a technique or one other that Iran won’t ever acquire a nuclear weapon.’

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Recent stories declare the US is near a cope with Iran that will free US residents held in Iran and likewise delay Iran’s nuclear program. (Probst/ullstein bild by way of Getty Images,Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP by way of Getty Images)

“It was only a matter of when, not if, Iran would act on it’s stated intent to deliver a “laborious response” to the terror attack it suffered earlier this year,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow on the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) instructed Fox News Digital. “Iran’s improving ballistic missile capabilities means that these weapons of war will be used more often, and for purposes of conflict adjudication. This raises the risk of escalation mismanagement with any actor involving Iran.”

At least 5 ballistic missiles struck Erbil in the late hours of Monday. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed duty for the strikes, claiming to have hit “spy headquarters” of anti-Iran teams in the Kurdistan Region. 

The strikes killed at the least 4 civilians and injured 17 others. 

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Taleblu added that Iran is simply including extra gasoline to the regional fireplace by launching missiles at Iraq and Syria at a time when its proxies are firing at Israel, U.S. forces and worldwide transport.

“Iran’s ballistic missile program is the largest in the Middle East, with Tehran making improvements to precision, range, survivability, and maneuverability for this force. This strike raises more questions than answers, particularly, why Syria and Iraq, both to Iran’s west, were targeted when the culprit behind the terror attack was ISIS-K, which operates from Iran’s east,” Taleblu continued.

Taleblu stated whereas Iran has not reported precisely which missile it has launched, solid-propellant short-range or close-range ballistic missiles with precision strike capabilities have been used in each single missile operation since 2017.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei meets Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran on November 5, 2023.  (Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu by way of Getty Images)

“Iran has engaged in eight ballistic missile operations from its own territory since 2017, with five of them occurring under the Biden administration’s watch,” Tabeblu stated.

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In whole, Iran has launched at the least 14 ballistic missile operations for the reason that finish of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988 and all have been launched at targets in Iraq or Syria, in accordance with Tabeblu.