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Wed, 09/07/2011 - 13:23
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PJAK's Number 2 Man Killed
TEHRAN (FNA)- The number two man and second leader of the PJAK terrorist group, Majid Kavian, was killed in an Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) operation in Northwestern Iran.
The deputy commander of the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group, Majid Kavian, alias Semko Sarholdan, was killed in an IRGC operation in Northwestern Iran on Saturday.
The website of the terrorist group confirmed his death in a statement.
Kavian joined the terrorist PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) in 1999 and started his terrorist activities in the PJAK after the terrorist group which is an offshoot of the PKK started operations in 2003.
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.
Upon the request of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the group was given a one-month grace period during the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan to retreat from the Northwestern borders of the Islamic Republic and stop its terrorist acts in these regions.
"But the PJAK terrorist group paid no heed to the KRG's appeals and mediation (and) martyred two local Kurdish forces… and this proved to the KRG that the terrorists had ignored its requests," IRGC Colonel Hamid Ahmadi said on Sunday.
The IRGC 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," Ahmadi announced on Sunday.
Senior Iranian political and military officials have always underlined that the IRGC will continue operations against the terrorist group in a bid to defend Iran's territorial integrity.
PJAK reportedly called for a ceasefire with Iran after some of their members were killed and others injured in the IRGC's latest round of operations against the terrorist group.
The ringleader of PJAK, Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi, told the state-run BBC Persian channel that the group will continue fighting with Iranian forces if the IRGC refuses to accept the ceasefire.
In reply, the IRGC said it would not accept a ceasefire with the PJAK before the Iraq-based terrorist group leaves Iranian borders.
"We want them to leave our borders as a first step and staging a ceasefire is meaningless at present," Ahmadi, who is the spokesman of the IRGC in Northwestern Iran, told FNA on Monday.
But, after repeated demands by the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government officials, the IRGC Ground Force called on the Iraqi Kurdistan's regional government to specify the terms and contents of the ceasefire demand presented by the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group.
"Since the contents of the unilateral ceasefire called by the PJAK terrorist grouplet is not clear, the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government which has mediated the measure is required to adopt the necessary action to clarify the goal of the declared ceasefire as soon as possible," a statement by the IRGC said on Tuesday.
"Naturally, the IRGC will announce its official view once the terms and contents of the (proposed) ceasefire are specified," the statement added.
The IRGC Ground Force also underlined the necessity for the withdrawal of all outlaws, anti-revolutionary forces and elements of the PJAK terrorist group from the bordering areas of Iran.
It has been reported that PJAK and PKK members have dug new tunnels in the Jasosan heights close to Iran's border regions over the past month, exploiting the IRGC ceasefire during the fasting month of Ramadan.
In addition, PJAK and PKK terrorists have received new weapons and equipment, including 120-millimeter mortars and walkie-talkies, from the US consulate in the Northern Iraqi city of Arbil.
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 deputy commander of the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group, Majid Kavian, alias Semko Sarholdan, was killed in an IRGC operation in Northwestern Iran on Saturday.
The website of the terrorist group confirmed his death in a statement.
Kavian joined the terrorist PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) in 1999 and started his terrorist activities in the PJAK after the terrorist group which is an offshoot of the PKK started operations in 2003.
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.
Upon the request of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the group was given a one-month grace period during the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan to retreat from the Northwestern borders of the Islamic Republic and stop its terrorist acts in these regions.
"But the PJAK terrorist group paid no heed to the KRG's appeals and mediation (and) martyred two local Kurdish forces… and this proved to the KRG that the terrorists had ignored its requests," IRGC Colonel Hamid Ahmadi said on Sunday.
The IRGC 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," Ahmadi announced on Sunday.
Senior Iranian political and military officials have always underlined that the IRGC will continue operations against the terrorist group in a bid to defend Iran's territorial integrity.
PJAK reportedly called for a ceasefire with Iran after some of their members were killed and others injured in the IRGC's latest round of operations against the terrorist group.
The ringleader of PJAK, Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi, told the state-run BBC Persian channel that the group will continue fighting with Iranian forces if the IRGC refuses to accept the ceasefire.
In reply, the IRGC said it would not accept a ceasefire with the PJAK before the Iraq-based terrorist group leaves Iranian borders.
"We want them to leave our borders as a first step and staging a ceasefire is meaningless at present," Ahmadi, who is the spokesman of the IRGC in Northwestern Iran, told FNA on Monday.
But, after repeated demands by the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government officials, the IRGC Ground Force called on the Iraqi Kurdistan's regional government to specify the terms and contents of the ceasefire demand presented by the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group.
"Since the contents of the unilateral ceasefire called by the PJAK terrorist grouplet is not clear, the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government which has mediated the measure is required to adopt the necessary action to clarify the goal of the declared ceasefire as soon as possible," a statement by the IRGC said on Tuesday.
"Naturally, the IRGC will announce its official view once the terms and contents of the (proposed) ceasefire are specified," the statement added.
The IRGC Ground Force also underlined the necessity for the withdrawal of all outlaws, anti-revolutionary forces and elements of the PJAK terrorist group from the bordering areas of Iran.
It has been reported that PJAK and PKK members have dug new tunnels in the Jasosan heights close to Iran's border regions over the past month, exploiting the IRGC ceasefire during the fasting month of Ramadan.
In addition, PJAK and PKK terrorists have received new weapons and equipment, including 120-millimeter mortars and walkie-talkies, from the US consulate in the Northern Iraqi city of Arbil.
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.
