The Defence Regions of Medya- Qendil Mountains: The Defence Forces of Eastern Kurdistan (HRK) declared in a statement that within the framework of self-defences their forces clashed with the Iranian Army.
HRK claimed that ten Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed and several wounded in the clashes with their forces.
“The clashes occurred near Bane on Thursday as HRK guerrillas stormed an army outpost. The outpost was completely destroyed and at least 10 Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed”, HRK said in a statement.
The phone lines in Bane were cut off for 48 hours after the clashes and Iranian army launched large scale operations in the area.
Iranian army’s death toll in clashes with HRK’s forces rose to 69 in last 20 days.
HRK launched a responsive campaign against the Iranian army after the execution of 5 Kurds including 4 PJAK’s members, and the poisoning of 5 PJAK’s freedom fighters in Dalaho.
HRK is the defensive military wing of The Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), which was founded in 2004 as the result of the systematic and continuous oppression of the Kurdish nation by the Iranian government. PJAK upholds the libertarian ideology of Apoism which advocates an ecological-democratic society with gender equality. PJAK’s main goal is to democratise Iranian system and to create a democratic con-federation for the long- oppressed Kurds.
Its initial objective is to limit and change the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran and to democratise it in four fundamental areas; the nation, society, citizenship and to evolve the state into a self-governing institution able to deliver public services and to maintain public security.
For the past 6 years PJAK has been the most influential organisation of the Kurdish population in the Eastern Kurdistan and has the strongest popular support in this part of the Kurdistan. Three particular dynamics forces namely women, students and the youths have been increasingly joining PJAK with the aims of transforming their society. Women constitute more than 48% PJAK’s membership from the bottom to the leadership of the organisation.