IRGC say they killed Kurdish fighters in northwest Iran

IRGC say they killed Kurdish fighters in northwest Iran Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they had killed five members of the banned Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in the country’s northwest, state media reported on Thursday. The IRGC said the group was ambushed after entering Iranian territory in mountainous border areas near Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan province, without specifying when the operation took place. According to the Norway-based Kurdish rights group Hengaw, the fight

Localisation: Tehran, Iran, Middle East
Source: Middle East Eye
Categorie: security
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:08:18 +0100