An official from an exiled opposition group in Kurdistan told AFP that drones struck positions belonging to three Iranian Kurdish parties without causing casualties.

The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by Tasnim news agency that “three locations of separatist groups in the Iraqi region (of Kurdistan) were hit… this morning.”

“If separatist groups in the region make any move against Iran’s territorial integrity, we will crush them,” the Guards added.

Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region hosts camps and rear bases operated by several Iranian Kurdish militant groups that have repeatedly come under Iranian fire since the war began.

Tehran threatened to target “all the facilities” of Kurdistan if militants were allowed to enter the Islamic Republic.

The Iraqi government and the autonomous region said Friday that Iraq must not be a launchpad for attacks against neighbouring countries, following reports that militants might attempt to cross into Iran.

Iraq’s border guard commander Mohammed Sukar said Saturday that the Iraq-Iran border is secure, and there have been no infiltration attempt to Iran, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).