Iran’s Missile Attack in Iraq Targeted Civilian Residence: White House

The damaged studio at the Kurdistan 24 TV building, after an overnight attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 13, 2022. Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on March 13 that Iran’s missile attack on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq targeted a civilian residence.

In a press briefing, Sullivan said the United States condemns the attack “in the strongest terms” and that the barrage of missiles had targeted a civilian residence in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, “without any justification.”