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Fresh strikes on Thursday hit Iranian Kurdish opposition group targets in northern Iraq, officials from two exiled groups told AFP.

Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region hosts camps and rear-bases operated by several Iranian Kurdish rebel groups, which Iran has struck repeatedly since the start of the war in the Middle East.

"Two missiles struck our headquarters at 19:15 (1615 GMT), slightly injuring two party members" in the Khabat district of Erbil province, said Mardin Zahidi from the Khabat Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan, blaming the attack on Iran.

Less than an hour earlier, a drone hit a camp belonging to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in the Koysinjaq district, an official from the party said.

The official requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.

The same camp was targeted in a drone attack on Tuesday.

Iran has designated Kurdish opposition groups as terrorist organisations, and has accused them of serving Western or Israeli interests in the past.

Last week, five groups announced a political coalition to seek the overthrow of Iran's Islamic republic and ultimately to secure Kurdish self-determination.

AFP