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208062
Mon, 09/19/2011 - 13:38
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Kurdish Envoy Strongly Rejects Iran's Trespassing across Iraqi Border
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iraqi Kurdish diplomat reiterated that Iranian military forces have not trespassed on the borders of the Iraqi Kurdistan region in their operations against the PJAK terrorist group in Iran's Northwestern regions.
"No forces from the Iranian Army or the IRGC (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) have stepped onto Iraq's soil so far," Representative of Iraq's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Tehran Nazem Dabbagh told FNA on Monday.
"All the regions which have been cleaned by the Iranian military forces are parts of the Iranian territory," Dabbagh noted.
However, the diplomat said that some mortar shells have been dropped on Iraq's soil during the Iranian forces' operation, adding that such incidents are normal during border clashes.
The Kurdish official further said that Iranian nation and government have always been supportive to Iraq's Kurdish people, specially during the hard times.
In July, the IRGC arrested several teams of PJAK, who intended to infiltrate Iran to stage terrorist operations in the country.
In response, Iran 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.
But, upon a request by 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.
The IRGC resumed military operations against the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group after its one-month deadline to the terrorist group ended.
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, 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 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.
"No forces from the Iranian Army or the IRGC (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) have stepped onto Iraq's soil so far," Representative of Iraq's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Tehran Nazem Dabbagh told FNA on Monday.
"All the regions which have been cleaned by the Iranian military forces are parts of the Iranian territory," Dabbagh noted.
However, the diplomat said that some mortar shells have been dropped on Iraq's soil during the Iranian forces' operation, adding that such incidents are normal during border clashes.
The Kurdish official further said that Iranian nation and government have always been supportive to Iraq's Kurdish people, specially during the hard times.
In July, the IRGC arrested several teams of PJAK, who intended to infiltrate Iran to stage terrorist operations in the country.
In response, Iran 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.
But, upon a request by 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.
The IRGC resumed military operations against the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group after its one-month deadline to the terrorist group ended.
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, 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 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.
