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Fight in the West of Iran, 11 dead
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- 21 July, 2018
- 11:19
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Baku. 21 July. REPORT.AZ/ Fight broke out between the armed militants and the Islamic revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) in the Kurdistan province in Western Iran.
Report informs citing the Anadolu, the representative of Iran police, Riza Mirzai reported.
As a result of a two-hour shootout near the village of Mervan, 11 were killed and eight Iranian soldiers were wounded.
No one has claimed the responsibility for the incident yet.
Earlier, in the village of Mervan, it was firefight between the IRGC and the Pijak militants (the Iranian wing of the PKK - the Kurdistan Free Life Party).
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