Pro-Iran Factions Carried Out Limited Attacks In Iraq During Israel-Iran Conflict

June saw the return of pro-Iran factions which carried out a limited series of attacks in Iraq in support of Tehran during the Israel-Iran conflict.

 

On June 13 the Israeli Defense Forces attacked several Iranian nuclear and military targets. In response, Tehran’s friends in Iraq began a number of small operations topped off by what appeared to be an attempt to take down Baghdad’s radar system.

 

One June 13 a drone was shot down outside the Ain Al-Assad airbase in Anbar. The base was then targeted by a missile on June 15. The facility houses Americans troops and has often been attacked by members of the Axis of Resistance made up of Hashd factions funded by Iran.

 

The last day of the conflict June 24 witnessed a coordinated offensive against Iraq’s air defenses. Two drones hit the radar system at Taji Base in northern Baghdad province and another struck the radar at Imam Ali Base in Dhi Qar. A fourth drone crashed in Radwaniya possibly heading towards another base at Baghdad International Airport. Additionally two drones were downed in Irbil province and another outside Ain Al-Assad. These attacks disrupted Iraq’s entire early warning system.

 

Iraq complained to the United Nations that 50 Israeli aircraft violated its airspace in one day carrying out missions against Iran. However Tehran was flying missiles and drones over Iraqi territory at the same time. In fact, crashed Iranian drones and missiles were found in Iraq nearly every day of the war. The attacks upon Iraq’s radars might have been an attempt to give Iran free reign through Iraq’s air space or perhaps the Americans had access to the system and Tehran was trying to deny them this information by taking down the network.

 

Pro-Iran groups have not really been active in Iraq since November 2024. That’s when a 14 month campaign ended against Israel and the United States in response to the war in Gaza.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Jun 1-7	Jun 8-14	Jun 15-21	Jun 22-28	Jun 29-30	Totals
Anbar	-	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	-	3 Pro-Iran
Baghdad	-	-	-	1 Pro-Iran	-	1 Pro-Iran
Dhi Qar	-	-	-	1 Pro-Iran	-	1 Pro-Iran
Irbil	-	-	-	1 Pro-Iran	-	1 Pro-Iran
Totals	-	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	4 Pro-Iran	-	6 Pro-Iran

 

Security In Iraq 2023-25

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
JAN 2023	29/4 Pro-Iran	12	15
FEB	20/3 Pro-Iran	12	18
MAR	9	18	8
APR	16	6	8
MAY	15	8	14
JUN	10	10	10
JUL	11/2 Pro-Iran	2	4
AUG	13/1 Pro-Iran	2	23
SEP	5	2	6
OCT	17/15 Pro-Iran	-	8
NOV	35/29 Pro-Iran	15	29 (8 Amer)
DEC	35/26 Pro-Iran	2K	16W
Jan 1-7	10/6 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	5	9
Jan 8-14	7/3 Pro-Iran	3	3
Jan 15-21	10/6 Pro-Iran	6	6
Jan 22-28	11/10 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jan 29-31	3 Pro-Ira	-	-
JAN 2024	42/28 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	14	20
Feb 1-7	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Feb 8-14	-	-	-
Feb 15-21	-	-	-
Feb 22-29	1	-	-
FEB	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 1-7	4/2 Pro-Iran	1	4
Mar 8-14	8/1 Pro-Iran	4	8
Mar 15-21	2	-	2
Mar 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 29-31	2/1Pro-iran	1	1
MAR	18/6 Pro-Iran	6	15
Apr 1-7	3/2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 8-14	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 15-21	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 22-28	1 Pro-Iran	4	-
Apr 29-30	1	2	-
APR	9/7 Pro-Iran	6	-
May 1-7	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
May 8-14	6/5 Pro-Iran	5	5
May 15-21	11/9 Pro-Iran	1	6
May 22-28	6/2 Pro-Iran	11	12
May 29-31	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
MAY	27/20 Pro-Iran	18	22
Jun 1-7	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 8-14	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 15-21	2/1 Pro-Iran	1	-
Jun 22-28	5 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 29-31	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
JUN	14/13 Pro-Iran	1	-
Jul 1-7	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 8-14	4	10	4
Jul 15-21	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jan 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 29-31	-	-	-
JUL	12/8 Pro-Iran	10	4
Aug 1-7	3/2Pro-Iran	-	10 (5 Amer)
Aug 8-14	2	2	-
Aug 15-21	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	2
Aug 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Aug 29-31	4/1 Pro-Iran	4	8 (7 Amer)
AUG	13/6 Pro-Iran	6	20 (14 Amer)
Sep 1-7	3/1 Pro-Iran	5	4
Sep 8-14	3/1 Pro-Iran	4	5
Sep 15-21	5/2 Pro-Iran	-	7
Sep 22-28	18 Pro-Iran	-	-
Sep 29-30	8 Pro-Iran	-	-
SEP	37/30 Pro-Iran	9	16
Oct 1-7	21/18 Pro-Iran	6	14
Oct 8-14	17 Pro-Iran	-	-
Oct 15-21	9/8 Pro-Iran	1	-
Oct 22-28	17 Pro-Iran	-	2 US Soldiers
Oct 29-31	6 Pro-Iran	-	-
OCT	70/66 Pro-Iran	7	14 (2US Soldiers)
Nov 1-7	18 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 8-14	19 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 15-21	10/9 Pro-Iran	3	3
Nov 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 29-30	-	-	-
NOV	49/48 Pro-Iran	3	3
Dec 1-7	-	-	-
Dec 8-14	1	2	2
Dec 15-21	-	-	-
Dec 22-28	2	6	2
Dec 29-31	2	2	3
DEC	5	10	7
Jan 1-5	1	1	-
Jan 8-14	1	-	3
Jan 15-21	2	8	5
Jan 22-28	-	-	-
Jan 29-31	-	-	-
JAN 2025	4	9	8
Feb 1-7	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Feb 8-14	3	1	6
Feb 15-21	1	-	-
Feb 22-28	1	-	2
FEB	6/1 Pro-Iran	1	7
Mar 1-7	1	-	-
Mar 8-14	-	-	-
Mar 15-21	-	-	-
Mar 22-28	-	-	-
Mar 29-31	-	-	-
MAR	1	-	-
Apr 1-7	-	-	-
Apr 8-14	-	-	-
Apr 15-21	-	-	-
Apr 22-28	-	-	-
Apr 29-30	-	-	-
APR	-	-	-
May 1-7	1	-	1
May 8-14	1	-	-
May 15-21	-	-	-
May 22-28	-	-	-
May 29-31	-	-	-
MAY	2	-	1
Jun 1-7	-	-	-
Jun 8-14	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 15-21	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 22-28	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 29-30	-	-	-
JUN	6 Pro-Iran	-	-

 

SOURCES

 

Al Aalem, “Iraq’s air defense system: promising contracts facing fiery tests,” 6/25/25

 

Bas News, "Two Explsoive Drones Shot Down Near Erbil," 6/22/25

 

Al Jazeera, “Visualizing 12 days of the Israel-Iran conflict,” 6/26/25

 

Al Masalah, “US forces shoot down 3 drones near Ain al-Asad base,” 6/13/25

 

Middle East Monitor, “Drone strikes target radar systems at 2 military bases in Iraq,” 6/24/25

 

Shafaq News, “Wreckage of three unidentified drones found in southern Iraq,” 6/24/25

 

Al Sumaria, "A missile fell near ain al-Sad base," 6/15/25