The ministry said Iranian artillery fired more than 180 shells, which landed near the northern village of Haj Omran, about 5 kilometers inside Iraqi territory, on the border with Iran.
Iran launched similar attacks on Kurdish rebel positions in the same area on April 21.
Kurdish rebels operating from Iraqi territory have mounted several attacks on Iranian army and border posts in recent weeks.
(AP, AFP)
Iran launched similar attacks on Kurdish rebel positions in the same area on April 21.
Kurdish rebels operating from Iraqi territory have mounted several attacks on Iranian army and border posts in recent weeks.
(AP, AFP)
![Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) meets with clerics. "People ask, 'Why are [clerics] silent about [the problems]?' Silence means satisfaction," cleric Abdolhamid Massumi Tehrani, a critic of the establishment, told RFE/RL.](https://gdb.rferl.org/42D4F804-50E6-482D-9A17-8B95EA07308A_cx9_cy3_cw90_w100_r1.jpg)
![Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) meets with clerics. "People ask, 'Why are [clerics] silent about [the problems]?' Silence means satisfaction," cleric Abdolhamid Massumi Tehrani, a critic of the establishment, told RFE/RL.](https://gdb.rferl.org/42D4F804-50E6-482D-9A17-8B95EA07308A_cx9_cy3_cw90_w33_r1.jpg)
