Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq Feb. 12, 2026. (Credit: Stringer/Reuters)
Drone strikes in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region on Wednesday wounded three Iranian Kurdish rebels, an exiled opposition group said, blaming the attack on Tehran.
During the Middle East war, Iran has repeatedly struck Iranian Kurdish groups in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, which hosts camps and bases belonging to several exiled rebel groups.
"Tehran launched an attack with four drones on bases" belonging to the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), wounding three fighters, the exiled group said in a statement.
Its spokesperson Kalel Kani Sanani told AFP that the fighters sustained minor injuries, adding that the attack occurred in the Khabat district of Erbil province.
Iranian Kurdish rebels have been struck several times during a fragile cease-fire that took effect on April 8 in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, which U.S. President Donald Trump extended on Tuesday.
The PAK said in their statement that it falls on Trump "to protect the Kurdistan region" during the truce.
Iran designates several Iranian Kurdish armed groups as terrorist organizations and accuses them of serving Western or Israeli interests.
Before the war erupted in the Middle East, five exiled groups, including the PAK, announced a political coalition to seek the overthrow of Iran's Islamic republic and secure Kurdish self-determination.
