29 Mar 2024
Saturday 14 November 2020 - 14:11
Story Code : 385534

Three border guards killed in clashes with terrorists in NW Iran

Three Iranian border guards have been killed in a clashwith "terrorists"in the northwest of the country after inflicting heavy casualties among them.

The incident, which also left two other guards injured,took place in the district of Targavar in West Azarbaijan Province on Friday, according to a report bythe Iranian Law Enforcement Force.

The clash caused major losses to the armed counter-revolutionary elements as a result of the large-scale exchange of fire.
With the dispatch of backup forces to the area and the border guards unparalleled resistance as well as their valor and self-sacrifice, the attack by terrorists was repelled and their penetration into the holy land of the Islamic Republic was prevented, the report said.
Given its borders with Iraq andTurkey, Irans West Azarbaijan Province has been witnessing numerous clashes withelements of PJAK which is closely affiliated with the PKK terrorist group.

Forces of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) regularly engage in clashes with terrorists attempting to infiltrate the borders and carry out acts of sabotage across the country.

The IRGC forces recently destroyed a team of terrorists in the vicinity of northwestern Iranian city of Maku in West Azarbaijan Province.

Back in May, the IRGCs Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada Base said a number of terrorists had been killed as the IRGC forces carried out a security operation in the western province of Kordestan, which borders Iraqs semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

 

Source: Press TV
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