BAGHDAD, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Sunday urged the Iranian government to respect Iraq's sovereignty.
In a tweet on its official page, UNAMI took note of statements issued by the Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government over the rocket attack near Iraq's northern town of Kwisanjaq in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.
UNAMI "supports their (Iraqi and Kurdistan) positions, and urges respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq," it said.
The tweet came a day after Iran launched a drone and rocket attack on camps of anti-Iran Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iran and Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan near Kwisanjaq, some 30 km west of the borderline with Iran.
The attack killed 14 people and wounded 39 others, 10 of whom were in critical condition, according to a medical source from the town's hospital.
Earlier in the day, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry rejected the Iranian bombardment on positions of two Iranian Kurdish opposition parties.
"The ministry categorically rejects the violation of Iraqi sovereignty by bombing any target inside Iraq without prior coordination with the Iraqi authorities," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Mahjoub said in a brief statement.
