Drone strike near Erbil targets Kurdistan Freedom Party, resulting in fatality

Hengaw – Wednesday, January 21, 2026

One member of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) was killed and another wounded in a missile and drone attack attributed to the Islamic Republic of Iran and its allied proxy forces in Iraq.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mozafar Mohammadzadeh, a logistics and support member of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, was killed in the attack early Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Another party member sustained injuries.

Officials from PAK and media outlets in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq reported that three drones and one missile were launched during the attack. One of the drones exploded near residential homes in the village of Kawrasor, in Erbil Governorate.

In a statement, the Kurdistan Freedom Party blamed the Islamic Republic of Iran for the attack but did not specify where the missile and drones were launched from. It added that Iran-aligned proxy groups linked to the IRGC in Iraq may have carried out the strike.