MESOP : Intense Clashes Rage Between Peshmerga & Iranian Army

18.09.2014 – Hoshmand Sadiq – BasNews, Erbil – Clashes have intensified this week between the Iranian Army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, where a number of Iranian soldiers have been killed. According to an announcement made by the Kurdistan Revolutionary Party, intense fighting broke out between the Iranian Army and Peshmerga forces on 11 September.  

The clashes took place near a Kurdish Iranian city Sardasht, located on the border of Iran and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The announcement mentioned that as a result of the skirmish, three Iranian soldiers were killed and four others injured. They received their medical treatment at Sardasht Hospital.

On 13 September 13 another confrontation took place between the two groups in Shene and Gorasher villages which resulted in the death of three Iranian soldiers killed and five injured. After the clashes, Peshmerga forces were forced to retreat toward Kurdistan Region border. On the same day, fighting also took place in the Kurdish city of Mariwan located on the border of Iran and the Kurdistan Region. The clashes continued for three hours but the unmber of casualties have not yet been revealed, though it is known that two Iranian soldiers were injured. Based on the information obtained by BasNews, a militant group called East Protectors confirmed and took the responsibility of the clash between Peshmerga forces and Iranian Soldiers and still they have not revealed their casualties.