A key Israeli spy officer has been killed in a missile strike by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) targeting Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that the forces, arrayed close to terrorist positions in Iraqi Kurdistan region, are fully prepared to respond to any attacks.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart urged the neighboring country to end threats posed from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Iraqi authorities and political parties have condemned the recent Turkish attack on semi-autonomous Kurdish region which has left dozens of civilians dead and wounded.