Explosions reported near US Consulate in Iraq; Iran claims responsibility
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed it was targeting “the headquarters of spies.”
Several explosions were reported near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq, an Iraqi security source told ABC News.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps quickly took responsibility for the attacks, saying it was targeting the “headquarters of spies” and “anti-Iranian terrorist gatherings in parts of the region” with ballistic missiles.
Four people were killed in the IRGC bombings, an Iraqi security source told ABC News.
There were no coalition forces or American forces killed in the bombing of Erbil, the Iraqi security source told ABC News.
“No US facilities were impacted. We’re not tracking damage to infrastructure or injuries at this time,” a U.S. official told ABC News.
