IRAN – Western Azerbaijan province: clashes between Iranian armed forces and alleged Kurdish fighters – At least 3 border guards killed

The official press agency IRNA reported that 3 Iranian border guard were killed and 2 others wounded in clashes with « counter-revolutionary elements » on 13 November near Tergever (Western Azerbaijan province).

Used by IRNA, the term « counter-revolutionary elements » generally refers to separatist Kurdish fighters.

As a reminder, sporadic fighting regularly opposes Kurdish rebels and Iranian forces in the western and north-western regions of the country (see our previous alerts).