KURDISTAN, — Heavy clashes between the Kurdish guerrillas of PJAK and the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps have been reported today at midday on the Serdesht -Piranshar line.
While the Iranian Revolution Guards attacked PJAK’s guerrillas in the region of Katuman village in Zele but were forced to retreat, 17 Iranian soldiers are reported to have been killed in this region.
According to the information received from PJAK sources, a large number of Iranian Revolution Guards were killed. After a partial withdrawal, Iranian forces are reported to be in preparation for a new attack.
A WOMAN WOUNDED DURING THE ARMY’S BOMBARDMENT
During the intense artillery shooting on the region, the Iranian army dropped bombs on a village today, hitting a school and a house in Sune village of Qeladize. Making a statement to ANF, the PJAK Foreign Relations Representative Shemal Beshiri noted that a 27-year-old woman Hatice Omer got wounded during the attack, while local residents left their homes and fled to safe areas.
According to Cabar Yawer, the Spokesman of the Ministry of Peshmerga in Federal Kurdistan Region, 400 villages have been evacuated since 2007 due to the attacks by Turkey and Iran.
Meanwhile, according to the information received, the Iranian army has attempted to cross the border in the border regions of Serdesht and Piranshar cities of Eastern Kurdistan. While the attack therewith encountered a guerrilla resistance, clashes became intense in Dola Koke, Deshta Wezne and Zele regions of Qendil.
According to PJAK, 53 Revolution Guards were killed in this area at Saturday night, 40 soldiers were killed in Katuman and 15 in Berdenaze on Sunday. The total loss of the Iranian army is reported to have risen to at least 125 in three days.
While the guerrilla doesn’t report any loss of life in the third day of the clashes according to PJAK sources, PJAK Spokesman Sherzad Kemangir had earlier announced that seven guerrillas lost their lives in the first two days of the clashes.
IRAN COVERING UP NEWS
The Iranian army covers up its losses and claims to have taken the control of the region and three PJAK camps, according to IRNA news agency, Serdesht Regional Commander of Revolutionary Guards, Delaver Rencberzadeh, stated that only one soldier died and three were wounded during the clashes.
Remarking that the statements of the Iranian regime don’t reflect the reality, PJAK Foreign Relations Representative Shemal Beshiri told that the Iranian army is now not across the border with the Kurdistan Federal Region as it had to withdraw from the clashes areas because of the resistance put up by the guerrillas.