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205138
Sun, 09/04/2011 - 15:29
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IRGC Starts New Round of Operations against PJAK Terrorists
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander announced on Sunday that the IRGC has resumed military operations against the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group after its one-month deadline to the terrorist group ended on Wednesday.
"The IRGC has started a new round of operations to completely uproot the PJAK grouplet," said Hamid Ahmadi, a senior IRGC Ground Force Commander for Operations.
He added that the operations against PJAK had been suspended during the holy month of Ramadan upon a demand by the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government.
"The IRGC Ground Force on Friday started a new round of massive operations more intensely and firmly against PJAK positions in a bid to completely end terrorist operations in these regions after its one-month deadline to the terrorist PJAK grouplet to withdraw from the Northwestern borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran ended and after the outlaws and terrorists showed that they do not respect these conditions," he added.
Senior Iranian political and military officials have always underlined that the IRGC will continue operations against the terrorist group, adding that the military operations against the PJAK terrorists are aimed at defending Iran's territorial integrity.
In July, the IRGC arrested several teams of PJAK, who intended to infiltrate Iran to stage terrorist operations in the country.
Iran also deployed about 5,000 military forces in the Northwestern parts of the country along its joint border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
During the operations, the IRGC forces killed, injured and arrested tens of terrorists and destroyed their headquarters in the bordering areas of Alvatan near Sardasht city in Northwestern Iran.
PJAK, a militant Kurdish nationalist group with bases in the mountainous regions of Northern Iraq, has been carrying out numerous attacks in Western Iran, Southern Turkey and the Northeastern parts of Syria where the Kurdish populations live.
The separatist group has been fighting to establish an autonomous state, or possibly a new world country, in the area after separating Kurdish regions from Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
Iranian intelligence and security officials have repeatedly complained that Washington provides military support and logistical aids for such anti-Iran terrorist groups.
"The IRGC has started a new round of operations to completely uproot the PJAK grouplet," said Hamid Ahmadi, a senior IRGC Ground Force Commander for Operations.
He added that the operations against PJAK had been suspended during the holy month of Ramadan upon a demand by the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government.
"The IRGC Ground Force on Friday started a new round of massive operations more intensely and firmly against PJAK positions in a bid to completely end terrorist operations in these regions after its one-month deadline to the terrorist PJAK grouplet to withdraw from the Northwestern borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran ended and after the outlaws and terrorists showed that they do not respect these conditions," he added.
Senior Iranian political and military officials have always underlined that the IRGC will continue operations against the terrorist group, adding that the military operations against the PJAK terrorists are aimed at defending Iran's territorial integrity.
In July, the IRGC arrested several teams of PJAK, who intended to infiltrate Iran to stage terrorist operations in the country.
Iran also deployed about 5,000 military forces in the Northwestern parts of the country along its joint border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
During the operations, the IRGC forces killed, injured and arrested tens of terrorists and destroyed their headquarters in the bordering areas of Alvatan near Sardasht city in Northwestern Iran.
PJAK, a militant Kurdish nationalist group with bases in the mountainous regions of Northern Iraq, has been carrying out numerous attacks in Western Iran, Southern Turkey and the Northeastern parts of Syria where the Kurdish populations live.
The separatist group has been fighting to establish an autonomous state, or possibly a new world country, in the area after separating Kurdish regions from Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
Iranian intelligence and security officials have repeatedly complained that Washington provides military support and logistical aids for such anti-Iran terrorist groups.
