11 rebels killed in clashes with Iran's Revolutionary Guards
Xinhua, June 28, 2016 Adjust font size:
A group of 11 rebels were killed in clashes with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Hossein Rajabi, commander of Revolutionary Guards told local private news agency Tasnim on Tuesday.
The Revolutionary Guards forces identified the 11 "counter-revolutionary" rebels as they intended to cross into Iran through its border city of Sarvabad in Kurdisan, Rajabi was quoted as saying.
Three troops from the Revolutionary Guards were also killed, he said, without specifying the date of the clashes.
The Kurdish-populated border regions in western Iran has recently seen more clashes between armed rebels and the Iranian security forces. Endit