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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Iranian consulate in Erbil has condemned protests outside its mission in the Kurdish capital on Friday that saw the Iranian flag taken down by protesters.

The protest occurred as Kurdish security officials, including the Peshmerga, accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps being involved in the Iraqi-led military operations against the Kurdistan Region in the oil-rich Kirkuk province, and other disputed or Kurdistani areas claimed by both Erbil and Baghdad. 

A video shared on Kurdish social media shows a young man climbing over the wall of the Iranian consulate and taking down the Iranian flag to cheers by protesters.

The statement from the Iranian consulate read that a number of people who were under “political” influence targeted the consulate after office hours Friday evening.

The protesters were particularly angry with the Iraqi forces and the Iranian-backed Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi using American weapons against the Kurdish Peshmerga, including on Friday when the two forces engaged in heavy fighting near Altun Kupri or Pirde, about 50 km south of the Kurdish capital.

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