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A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Mzoori, Metrography)
People walk by a house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Mzoori, Metrography)
A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Mzoori, Metrography)

The home of an Iraqi Kurdish oil tycoon was destroyed by missiles that hit near the U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it launched an attack on a Mossad "strategic center" in response to an Israeli strike on Syria.

The CEO of the Iraqi Kurdish oil company denies having any links to Mossad. He says he is thankful his family was not hurt by the missiles.

There were no injuries in the attack on the consulate. The United States did not think it was the target. The U.S. and Iran had a significant confrontation. Iraq has a government that is allied with both countries.

As he took The Associated Press on a tour of the ruins on Friday, Barzinji pointed to a large crater where his home office used to be. He said that the tycoon, his wife and two teenage children were visiting a nearby farm when the attack took place.

Government officials used to sit in plush sitting rooms with diplomats and other figures of influence, but now they are strewn with glass, concrete and debris. The windows are gone, the roof is gone, the walls are gone, and the floors are gone.

He said that all the photos and his belongings were in this house.

We don't know if they can see us, we don't know if they are drones, and we don't know anything about missiles.

Observers think the timing of the attack was significant as the world is focused on Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Kurdish region of Iraq sells its oil to Israel. Barzinji's KAR group built and operates the export line to Ceyhan in Turkey through a joint venture with Russia.

It is nonsense what the Iranians are saying. Hiwa Osman, an Iraqi Kurdish political analyst, said that this can be anything but an Israeli base.

An Iraqi intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the attack, denied that the house was an Israeli spy center and said it was a place where diplomats often held social gatherings.

Iran launched its first attack on Iraqi soil since the January 2020 missile strike on Ain al-Assad air base, which was in retaliation for the U.S. strikes that killed a top Iranian general.

This is a message from Iran to their base. They need to boost their spirits because they have been humiliated for a long time, said Hamdi Malik, an associate fellow with the Washington Institute.

The Sunday attack was carefully planned to minimize casualties and cause no direct harm to U.S. interests, but it also sent a message to the Americans that next time could be bigger and more dangerous.

Moqtada al-Sadr, the winner of Iraq's 2021 parliamentary election, is threatening to exclude Iran-backed parties by forming an alliance with the Kurds and Sunnis if talks on forming a government are not expedited.

No matter who wins the election, Iran has a message for Iraqi partners. Iraq is our backyard and we can do what we want.

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Abdul-Zahra was in Baghdad. Samya Kullab is an Associated Press writer.

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