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2nd LD: Iran's IRGC says busts two "terrorist" cells, kills 12

Xinhua, June 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that its forces smashed two" terrorist" cells and killed 12 terrorists in northwestern Iran.

Three members of the IRGC also died in the clashes with "counter-revolutionary terrorist groups" on Wednesday, the IRGC said in a statement.

A sizeable supply of ammunition, equipment and documents were also captured in the operations, according to the statement.

Members of outlawed groups, including the Kurdish Democrat Party, recently crossed the northwestern borders into the country, the statement said. Endit