Iranian forces kill dozen of terrorists in Kurd-populated region
Xinhua, June 25, 2016 Adjust font size:
Iranian forces have killed a number of terrorists in the Kurd-populated region of Iran's West Azarbaijan province, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Saturday in a statement, reported state IRIB TV.
The clashes "erupted on Friday night between IRGC forces and the counter-revolutionary terrorist groups," said the statement issued by the public relations of IRGC's Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada headquarters.
The terrorists were killed "at the border point of Sarvabad and Mahabad region in the province of West Azarbaijan," said the statement.
Operations to track the armed terrorists are underway, and further details about the clashes will be announced later, it added.
On June 16, IRGC said that its forces had smashed two terrorist cells in the northwestern country and had killed twelve terrorists.
Three members of the IRGC also died in the clashes with "counter-revolutionary terrorist groups," it said.
Reports said that the "terrorists" belonged to the members of outlawed "counter-revolutionary terrorist groups," including the Kurdish Democrat Party, who had crossed the northwestern borders into the country. Endit