Monday 18 August 2008

Iran kills 3 Kurdish separatists in clash

The Associated Press

TEHRAN,Iran: Iranian state radio says three Kurdish separatists and one Iranian soldier were killed in a shootout in the northwest of the country.

The report says the shootout happened Wednesday night in a mountainous region near the Iraqi border. Two other separatists were injured.

Thursday's report said the separatists were affiliated with Iran's Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Iran has also been fighting another Iraqi-based Kurdish separatist group, known as the PEJAK. It is the Iranian wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is fighting for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey.

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