Iranian shelling reported in Iraqi Kurdish region

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) - Iranian artillery shells on Wednesday rained down on villages in northern Iraq where Kurdish rebels were thought to be operating.

A security official with Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government in Sulaimaniya confirmed the information.

The early-morning shelling hit border villages in Qandil mountains area in Sulaimaniya province and there were no reports of casualties.

Authorities say the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan is based in the region.