Iran kills 30 Kurdish rebels near Iraqi border
(AP)
<p>TEHRAN, Iran ? Iran’s Revolutionary Guard soldiers have killed at least 30 members of Kurdish opposition group in fighting near the Iraqi border, a senior military official said Monday.</p> <p>Col. Hamid Ahmadi was quoted by state TV as saying that 40 other members of the Iranian Kurdish group PEJAK were injured during fierce clashes outside the border city of Sardasht.</p> <p>PEJAK, which stands for the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, has been involved in sporadic armed clashes with Iranian forces in recent years. The rebels say they are fighting for greater rights for their minority community.</p> <p>Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced a new military offensive intended to drive PEJAK from positions in Iran last week, saying it resumed military operations after the expiration of a one-month deadline it had set for the group to leave the border region.</p> <p>Tehran maintains it has the right to attack PEJAK’s bases across the border in Iraq and has accused residents of Iraq’s Kur
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