Ghazal Molan was 19-years-old when an Iranian Shahed drone hit her home during the ceasefire between Israel, the US and Iran. Four hospitals refused to admit her, allegedly for fear of being targeted by Iran.

On April 14, 2026, in the middle of a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan between Iran, Israel and the United States, an Iranian drone struck the living quarters of the Komala Toilers base in Surdash, northern Iraq. Ghazal Molan, a 19-year-old Kurdish Iranian guerrilla fighter, was critically wounded. Four hospitals turned her away. By the time she reached the fifth, she had lost too much blood.

I travelled to Sulaymaniyah for Molan's funeral and to see where the missiles struck the Komala base. While filming, our team was warned of at least ten incoming drones. Hours earlier, an Iranian drone had struck a different cemetery, the one where Iranian intelligence appeared to believe the burial was taking place. Iraqi Kurdistan, like Lebanon, was not at the negotiating table. Since the war with Iran began on February 28, 2026, the region has absorbed over 700 missile and drone strikes. An estimated 3,500 people have died across Iraq and Iran. In Iraqi Kurdistan alone, 118 have been killed. This is the war the ceasefire did not stop.