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Five PJAK rebels, two revolutionary guards
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August 26, 2010
SANANDAJ, Iranian Kurdistan,— Five Kurdish
rebels and two members of the Revolutionary Guards
have been killed in clashes in Iran's Kurdistan
province near the Iraqi Kurdistan region border,
government newspaper Iran reported on Thursday.
"During clashes in Kordestan's border area five
counter-revolutionaries and two guards were killed,"
the report said, without elaborating on the
insurgents' links or when the incident took place.
Rebels of the Iranian Party of Free Life of
Kurdistan (PJAK) have been fighting security forces
in northwestern Iran [Eastern Kurdistan] which has a
significant Kurdish population.
Iranian forces regularly
bombard the
border with Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan, where PJAK
has bases,www.ekurd.netwith
the latest shelling reported on Monday. |
Since
2004 the PJAK took up arms for self-rule in Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran [Iranian Kurdistan, Eastern Kurdistan]. Half the members of PJAK
are women. The PJAK has about 3,000 armed
militiamen. |
The PJAK, or the (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane)
is a militant Kurdish nationalist group based in
the border mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan region that has been carrying out attacks
Iranian forces in the Kurdistan Province of Iran
[Eastern Kurdistan] and other Kurdish-inhabited
areas.
Since
2004 the PJAK took up arms for self-rule in Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran [Iranian Kurdistan,www.ekurd.netEastern Kurdistan]. Half the members of PJAK
are women. The PJAK has about 3,000 armed
militiamen.
In May, Iran hanged four Kurds, including a woman,
for alleged ties with the group.
Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey all have significant
ethnic Kurdish minorities. Estimate to 12 million
Kurds live in Iran.
PJAK is closely allied with the Kurdistan Workers'
Party, or PKK, which operates in Turkey and is
listed as a "terrorist" group by Ankara and much of
the international community.
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