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Iran forces kill 8 counter-revolutionary militants in Kurd-populated region

Xinhua, September 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iranian forces killed eight counter-revolutionary militants in the Kurd-populated region in Iran's West Azarbaijan province, a local official told official IRNA news agency on Wednesday.

The clashes erupted between Iranian security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Democratic party in the border point of Sardasht city, Governor of Sardasht Aziz Hassani said.

Hassani did not refer to the time of the clashes, but said that more details will be announced soon.

In June, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that its forces had smashed a number of terrorist cells in the northwestern country and had killed dozens of terrorists.

Reports said that the militants belonged to the members of outlawed "counter-revolutionary terrorist groups," including Kurdistan Democrat party, who had crossed the northwestern borders into the country from Iraq. Endit