HRK statement in relation to Mako and Hewraman battles

HRK-_logoQENDIL, Defence Regions of Medya, — East Kurdistan Forces (HRK) released a statement in relation to Iranian military operations in Mako and Hewraman.

“Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) accompanied by the Security Forces and the local collaborators and mercenaries have sustained their operations in the areas of Mako, Urmiye, Selmas, Shaho, Hewraman and Dalaho,” HRK statement said.

“To discover the positions of HRK guerrillas, the IRGC uses the local mercenaries disguising them with the guerrilla uniforms, and send them to these regions. They put pressure on the locals and threaten them,” the statement added.

“Taking the situation of the Kurds in East of Kurdistan and the region into our consideration, we have tried to avoid military confrontation which is not at the interest of the current phase. Nevertheless from the end of the last month to date, military operations have continued,” the statement said.

“On 6th June, our forces clashed with the IRGC who were engaged with military operations in Kosalan, a guerrilla named as Xedice Resuli with the code name of Newal Zagros was killed,” the statement read.

“New waves of operations of IRGC began on 9th June in the region of Shimshire of Pawe district in which 3 mercenaries were killed and one other wounded,” the statement added.

At the end of the statement HRK sent its condolences to the families of the killed particularly to the family of Xedice Resuli and HRK renewed its pledges with the Kurdish nation to avail of their legitimate self-defence rights.