Iraq’s parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi announced that his country would turn to the international community to address Iran’s ongoing attacks against the Kurdistan Region.
Addressing parliament on Saturday, he said Iraq will bring up the issue during the meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Baghdad will call on the union to demand that Iraq’s sovereignty be preserved and for Iran to cease its attacks and meddling in its internal affairs.
It will be an opportunity to garner support for Iraq, added the speaker.
Halbousi’s remarks were seen as the most strongly-worded reaction to the attacks since Baghdad summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the assaults.
Iran kept up the attacks in spite of the summons. It claims to be targeting Iranian dissident groups.
Baghdad has yet to complain to the United Nations Security Council over the attacks.
Iran for its part, said it would dispatch a delegation to Iraq to address the presence of dissident groups in Kurdistan.
Tehran launched its attacks in wake of protests that have swept Iran over the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman at the hands of the morality police, who detained her for wearing "inappropriate attire"
Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurd, was arrested in Tehran on Sept. 13 and died three days later.
Her death has ignited nationwide demonstrations, marking the biggest challenge to Iran's clerical leaders in years. Women have removed their veils in defiance of the clerical establishment while furious crowds called for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The government has described the protests as a plot by Iran's enemies including the United States, accusing armed dissidents - among others - of violence in which at least 20 members of the security forces have been reported killed.
Rights groups say more than 185 people have been killed, hundreds injured and thousands arrested by security forces confronting protests.
