IRGC says it struck US-Israeli backed 'terrorist groups' in Iraq

“IRGC says it struck US-Israeli backed 'terrorist groups' in Iraq Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its fighters struck US-Israeli backed "terrorist groups" in northern Iraq who were attempting to smuggle US weapons into the country. In a statement carried by Iran's Fars News Agency, IRGC's Hamzeh Sayyed al-Shuhada Command said that the groups were attacked while attempting “to smuggle a large consignment of sealed American weapons and ammunition into the country and were struck in Kurdistan Province". It added that “a large quantity of arms and ammunition [were] discovered and seized”.

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