During the Middle East war, Iran has repeatedly struck Iranian Kurdish groups in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, which hosts camps and bases belonging to several exiled rebel groups.

"Tehran launched an attack with four drones on bases" belonging to the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), wounding three fighters, the exiled group said in a statement.

Its spokesperson Kalel Kani Sanani told AFP that the fighters sustained minor injuries, adding that the attack occurred in the Khabat district of Erbil province.

Iranian Kurdish rebels have been struck several times during a fragile ceasefire that took effect on April 8 in the US-Israeli war against Iran, which US President Donald Trump extended on Tuesday.

The PAK said in their statement that it falls on Trump "to protect the Kurdistan region" during the truce.

Iran designates several Iranian Kurdish armed groups as terrorist organisations and accuses them of serving Western or Israeli interests.

Before the war erupted in the Middle East, five exiled groups, including the PAK, announced a political coalition to seek the overthrow of Iran's Islamic republic and secure Kurdish self-determination.

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