Iran Fires on 3 Ships in Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran Tensions Escalate and Diplomacy Stalls

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  Maritime security crisis deepens as attacks disrupt one of the world’s most critical shipping routes By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj, SULAIMANI,   Kurdish Policy Analysis , April 22 – – Iran is facing growing multi-front pressure as a container ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz while, simultaneously, Kurdish regions inside Iran re-emerge in Western strategic discussions as a potential internal pressure point against Tehran, according to regional security assessments and policy analysis. Maritime escalation in the Gulf Iranian forces opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, damaging the vessel in an incident reported by maritime security sources, including the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The attack occurred near the critical shipping corridor northeast of Oman, a region that has seen repeated disruptions amid rising regional tensions. Iranian-linked media described the vessel as having ignored warnings from Iranian...
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IRGC Drone and Missile Strikes Kill Kurdish Opposition Members Near Erbil

Iran continues cross-border operations despite ceasefire claims, targeting opposition bases in Iraq

Three PDKI members killed, including two female Peshmerga, as Iranian strikes hit civilian camps and party sites in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj, SULAIMANI,  Kurdish Policy Analysis, April 22--  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has killed at least three members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in drone and missile strikes on civilian camps and party installations in Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Despite a two-week ceasefire having been announced between the United States, Israel, and Iran, the attacks took place on 17 April and killed Neda Miri from Sanandaj, Samira Allah-Yari from Divandarreh, and Shahin Azarbarzin from Piranshahr.

At noon on 17 April, the Islamic Republic carried out a drone strike on the PDKI’s civilian camp known as Jazhnikan, killing Azarbarzin and severely injuring his father, Nader Azarbarzin.

In a separate, simultaneous missile strike on a PDKI member headquarters in the Sidkan area of Erbil, two female Peshmerga, Miri and Allah-Yari, were killed and a further person was wounded.

These strikes are the latest in a sustained campaign of missile and drone attacks carried out by the IRGC and Islamic Republic proxy forces operating in Iraq against the Kurdistan Region, following the outbreak of war between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other.

At least nine members of Kurdish opposition parties have been killed in these attacks, including members of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, the Khabat Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), the Komala Toilers of Kurdistan, and the PDKI.

Additionally, eight members of the Kurdistan Region’s security forces and two civilians have also lost their lives in the attacks.

Dozens of additional military personnel and civilians have been wounded, and hundreds of families have been forced to flee the camps in which they lived.

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