Monday, April 4, 2011

PJAK Attacks on Border Posts

Brig. Gen. Hossein Zolfaghari at today's press conference in Tehran

The commander of the Iranian border security force, Brig. Gen. Hossein Zolfaghari, told reporters today in Tehran that in the past 48 hours, the Kurdish rebel group PJAK has staged four separate attacks on border security posts in northwestern Iran, near the Turkish border, killing an NCO and three soldiers, with three other soldiers injured. The PJAK forces retreated to their bases in Iraqi and Turkish Kurdistan after the attacks.

Photo: Mehr News Agency

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