NCRI – Following several days of shelling Kurdish regions on Iran-Iraq border, local residents were forced to leave the area to seek refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan region of Sidkan. According to Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party television reporting from the scene on August 17, shelling by Iranian regime had led to one dead and a number of civilians wounded.
The military activities in the region has caused grave concern among Kurdish population and the local people consider this as a measure against the oppressed people of this region who have been fighting for their fundamental rights for decades.
In the indiscriminate shelling many farms were set on fire and herd destroyed.
