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05-14-2009, 05:04 PM
Three Iranian forces, five rebels killed in W Iran
2009-05-13 12:11:26 GMT2009-05-13 20:11:26 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's volunteer Basij Forces have killed 5 rebels near the country's borders with Turkey and Iraq, the local satellite Press TV reported on Wednesday.
The clashes in the border areas of the West Azerbaijan province, bordering Iraq and Turkey, also resulted in the death of 3 Basij soldiers, the report said.
The report, however, did not elaborate on the whereabouts of the clash and the identity of the rebels.
Iran's West Azerbaijan accommodates a population of Kurdish ethnicity alongside Azeri Iranians.
Late Friday night, the separatist Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) forces attacked a police station in the town of Ravansar, in northern part of western Kermanshah province and the clash led to the killing of 10 rebels and 10 Iranian police.
Iran's western provinces have been the hotbed of regular armed clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish militant parties, in particular PJAK, an anti-Iranian Kurdish group linked to Turkey's outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).
Some Iranian analysts said that PJAK rebels have bases in northeastern Iraq from where they operate against Iran.
http://english.sina.com/world/2009/0513/240971.html
2009-05-13 12:11:26 GMT2009-05-13 20:11:26 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's volunteer Basij Forces have killed 5 rebels near the country's borders with Turkey and Iraq, the local satellite Press TV reported on Wednesday.
The clashes in the border areas of the West Azerbaijan province, bordering Iraq and Turkey, also resulted in the death of 3 Basij soldiers, the report said.
The report, however, did not elaborate on the whereabouts of the clash and the identity of the rebels.
Iran's West Azerbaijan accommodates a population of Kurdish ethnicity alongside Azeri Iranians.
Late Friday night, the separatist Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) forces attacked a police station in the town of Ravansar, in northern part of western Kermanshah province and the clash led to the killing of 10 rebels and 10 Iranian police.
Iran's western provinces have been the hotbed of regular armed clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish militant parties, in particular PJAK, an anti-Iranian Kurdish group linked to Turkey's outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).
Some Iranian analysts said that PJAK rebels have bases in northeastern Iraq from where they operate against Iran.
http://english.sina.com/world/2009/0513/240971.html