* 12 missiles hit Erbil, some land near new U.S. consulate
* Missiles caused only material damage, one civilian injured
* No damage to U.S. facilities, U.S. State Dept spokesman says
* Iraqi security official says missiles made in Iran
* Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim responsibility for attack (Adds Iraq summons Iran ambassador, context)
By Amina Ismail and John Davison
ERBIL, Iraq, March 13 (Reuters) - Iran attacked Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Sunday with a dozen ballistic missiles in an unprecedented assault on the capital of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region that appeared to target the United States and its allies.
The missiles came down in areas near a new U.S. consulate building, according to Kurdish officials. U.S. officials said no Americans were hurt and nor were U.S. facilities hit. Kurdish authorities said only one civilian was hurt and no one killed.
Iranian state media said Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps carried out the attack against Israeli "strategic centres" in Erbil, suggesting it was revenge for recent Israeli air strikes that killed Iranian military personnel in Syria.
The attack, in which huge blasts shook windows of homes in Erbil after midnight, was a rare publicly declared assault by Tehran against allies of Washington.
The last time Iran fired missiles directly at U.S. facilities was when it struck the Ain Al Asad air base in western Iraq in January 2020 - a retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.
Sunday's attack comes as talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal face the prospect of collapse after a last-minute Russian demand forced world powers to pause negotiations for an undetermined time despite having a largely completed text.
It also comes days after Israel carried out an air raid in Syria which the IRGC said killed two of its members and for which it vowed retaliation.
'RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'
The IRGC issued a statement about Sunday's attack which was reported by Iranian state media.
"Any repetition of attacks by Israel will be met with a harsh, decisive and destructive response," it said.
The Iraqi Kurdish regional government said the attack only targeted civilian residential areas, not sites belonging to foreign countries, and called on the international community to carry out an investigation.
Iraq's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad in protest.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson called it an "outrageous attack" but said no Americans were hurt and there was no damage to U.S. government facilities in Erbil.