The IRGC officially claimed responsibility of missile attack on the Democratic Party’s HQ

00:42 - 11 September 2018
Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa): The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement on a missile attack on the Democratic Party’s headquarters in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

In the statement, the IRGC claimed responsibility for firing seven surface-to-surface missiles at the Democratic Party’s headquarters, located in Koya, a city 60 kilometers far from Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

“The Missile Unites of the IRGC Aerospace Force with the participation of the UAV Unit of the Army carried out an operation and targeted the Democratic Party’s headquarters”, declared the IRGC in the statement.

On Saturday, the 8th of September, the Democratic Party’s headquarters in Koya were targeted by a missile attack which left 15 party’s leadership members and Peshmergas killed and 40 others wounded.