By Anas al-Bar | 2026-01-14

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran is building a security wall that extends into Iraq territory.

Experts described the act as a serious violation of Iraq's sovereignty, demonstrating Iran's expansionist goals and its efforts to damage Iraqi interests.

According to the New Arab website, the security wall is approximately 600 kilometers long and three meters high.

It extends two kilometers deep into Iraq in the Kurdistan Region, which borders Iran to the east.

Kamaran Osman of the International Peacemakers Teams said the wall starts at Kelashin Mountain in Sidakan, Erbil province, and stretches to the Garmian border.

Part of the wall has been completed between the town of Sairan Band and the borders of Penjwen, passing through several Kurdish villages.

Another section of the wall has also been completed on the borders of Pshdar district in Sulaymaniyah.

Osman claimed that Iran has equipped the wall with surveillance equipment and has also established 151 military bases within the Kurdistan region.

This threatens border residents, potentially forcing them to leave their villages, migrate to cities, and causing damage to farms and pastures.

A series of Iranian violations

"The wall is a dangerous episode in the series of Iranian violations against Iraq," strategic analyst Tariq al-Shammari told Al-Fassel.

"This blatant violation is clear evidence of Iran's ambitions to expand beyond its borders and control territories that do not belong to it," he added.

Iran's violation of Iraqi territory constitutes a breach of international law and agreements safeguarding sovereign rights and good neighborly principles.

"It is part of a malicious agenda led by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its militias to target Iraq's stability," al-Shammari said.

He noted that Iran is obscuring its true objectives, which involve jeopardizing Iraq's security and interests and undermining its national sovereignty, through its regional expansionism.

Bombing border villages

Iranian transgressions extend beyond incursions into Iraqi territory, wall construction, and the establishment of military outposts and camps.

"Rather, Iran often bombs border villages and towns in Iraqi Kurdistan with artillery, drones, and fighter jets," al-Shammari added.

"Many of them have been forced to flee and seek refuge in safer areas for fear of their lives," he said.

The violent attacks carried out previously have caused numerous innocent casualties and extensive destruction to the homes and farms of local villagers.