The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran, Naseer Abdul Mohsen, to protest the presence of members of the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party at an official ceremony in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Official spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani said the envoy was summoned on Saturday, reported Iranian news agencies on Sunday.
Kanaani said head of the First Gulf Department at the Foreign Ministry informed the ambassador of Tehran's strong objection to the invitation of members of the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party to the event in Erbil.
The ministry official added that the ongoing movements of these groups in Kurdistan violate the recent security agreement between Iran and Iraq.
Kanaani was referring to the agreement that was signed during a visit by Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani to Baghdad on March 20. The deal calls for protecting the common borders between the two neighbors and consolidating cooperation in several security fields.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi official asserted that Baghdad is committed to preventing armed groups from using the Kurdistan region to launch any attack against Iran's border crossings, reported Iran International.
In recent years, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has repeatedly launched missile and drone attacks against the positions of Kurdish parties and opposition groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Iran describes these parties and groups as "separatists."
