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Captured Iran police freed by Kurdish rebels
17.8.2005
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TEHRAN, Aug 16 (AFP)
- 14h46 - Four Iranian policemen who had been seized
by Kurdish rebels in West Azerbaijan province in the
northwestern mountains have been freed after three
days in captivity, the ISNA student news agency
reported Tuesday.
"After great pressure was put on the Pejak group,
the four captive police were released in Piranshar
at a post on the border (with Iraq) on Monday
night," police Major Shahnam Rezai told the news
agency.
The authorities say the Pejak group has links with
the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party active
across the border in Turkey and in neighbouring
areas of Iraq.
Eight Iranian soldiers and two civilians are
reported to have been killed in clashes with the
group in mainly Kurdish areas of northwestern Iran
in recent months.
AFP
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