[Today's Prayer] Iran fires 3 missiles at Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq... crisis of escalation

The Iranian government, which has been under U.S. airstrikes since last month, fired three missiles at the Kurdish autonomous region near the Iraqi border. This attack occurred immediately after foreign media reports suggested that Kurdish armed groups were invading Iran with U.S. support.

According to AFP, the Iranian government announced through the state-run IRNA news agency on the 4th (local time) that it had "struck the headquarters of anti-revolutionary Kurdish groups within Iraqi Kurdistan with three missiles."

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U.S. Fox News reported on the 4th, citing a U.S. government official, that thousands of Kurds had crossed the border from Iraq into Iran and begun a ground attack. The United States and Israel have been conducting airstrikes against Iran since the 28th of last month, and U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned the possibility of deploying ground troops on the 2nd.

The Kurds mentioned by Fox News are presumed to be Iranian-Kurdish militias opposed to the Iranian regime. According to officials, many of the fighters are Iranian Kurds who had lived in Iraq for years and are returning to northwestern Iran as part of this offensive. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a briefing on the 4th that Trump "actually spoke with Kurdish leaders regarding our bases in northern Iraq." While Leavitt confirmed contact, she denied reports that the U.S. had agreed to arm Kurdish forces. "It is not true at all that the President agreed to such a plan," she emphasized.

On the 3rd, CNN reported, citing an official, that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is pushing for a plan to supply weapons to Kurdish forces with the aim of sparking a popular uprising in Iran.

Source: Financial News

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. (2 Corinthians 5:15)

Lord, as war continues between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, we hear news that Kurdish militias have begun a ground attack and that the Iranian government has fired three missiles at the Kurdish autonomous region on the Iraqi border.

God, in this end time where nation rises against nation and kingdom against kingdom, we ask that You protect and preserve Iran, Israel, and all nations.

Have mercy on the people of Iran who are in the fear of death, and grant that this does not escalate into a larger ground war.

We declare that only Jesus, who died for all people, is the only Savior. Only Jesus is the King of all nations. Come now upon Iran, the Kurds, and all regions of the Middle East.

Hear the prayers of the Iranian church crying out before the Lord, and save all nations beyond Iran, the Kurds, and Israel.

May disciples of Jesus, who live for Jesus Christ who died and rose again, arise in Iran, the Kurds, Israel, and among all nations!