The sources added that assassinations usually target government employees and at times use explosive packages with adhesives.
Previously, Ayad Allawi, Iraq’s former prime minister and leader of the al-Iraqiya bloc, had warned about physical elimination of government employees or their families in Baghdad by the Iranian regime.
According to sources along the Iran-Iraq frontier, some officials in Iraq’s southern region have increased measures to control border regions close to Iran in a bid to block the illicit entry of Iranian regime agents.
Zafer Nazmi, a border guard commander in the fourth district, said that new roads have been constructed along the border and special tracking equipment and cameras are being utilized to keep a closer watch on the frontier.