Massoud Barzani, the leader of the Iraqi Kurdistan region announced: “No matter how long bombardment of the Kurdish regions lasts, we won’t submit to the Iranian regime’s political plan.
Massoud Barzani said in Kurdistan’s Parliament: “What is quite surprising me is the shelling of Kurdistan by the Iranian regime. The shelling by the Iranian side is much severer and more concentrated than shelling by Turkey and we didn’t expect such a thing. All of the people are displaced in fear of cannonade. What does it mean? I assert here that if they think they can overwhelm us, I swear to God if they cannonade hundred times more, they can’t impose anything on us by force.”