Iran is insisting that the Iraqi government disarm and remove Kurdish opposition groups
Many of Iraqi Kurdistan's neighbors are jealous of its success and are chomping at the bit to undermine it.
Hussein said he would visit Tehran on Wednesday to deliver the message in person in the hopes that it would prevent any escalation on the border.
Four protesters were shot dead in clashes between ethnic groups in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk that broke out after days of tensions.
Iran uses its militias to fire rockets to target gas fields in the area that are controlled by the Kurdistan region.
Several rockets landed near the perimeter of the large Khor Mor gas field in the Sulaimaniya region of northern Iraq.
Iran has long accused Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region of harboring terrorist groups involved in attacks against the Islamic Republic.
Turkey regularly carries out air strikes in northern Iraq and has dozens of outposts on Iraqi territory.
Ankara says the offensive is a measure to prevent the PKK from using Iraq as a base to carry out attacks in Turkey.
Turkey wants to normalize ties with Syria, but in order to do this it needs to see Damascus cater to some of Ankara’s demands.
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