Iran defends strikes vs Kurds

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran told the United Nations on Thursday that it had no choice but to act in self-defense by striking Kurdish rebel groups in northern Iraq, state media reported.

The Islamic republic has launched a series of cross-border missile and drone strikes on Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups, based in Iraq, which it blames for stoking protests back home over the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini.

“The terrorist groups have recently intensified their activities and have illegally transferred large quantities of arms to Iran with the intention of staging terrorist operations,” Tehran’s permanent representative to the UN wrote to the United Nations Security Council, according to state news agency