Three Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash�with "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 by�the 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 and�Turkey, Iran�s West Azarbaijan Province has been witnessing numerous clashes with�elements of PJAK which is closely affiliated with the PKK terrorist group.

Forces of Iran�s 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 IRGC�s 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 Iraq�s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

 

Source: Press TV