QENDIL, Defence Regions of Medya, — Rewar Abdanan a member of PJAK’s General Assembly said in an interview with Kurdish satellite channel, Newroz TV, that their guerrilla forces are positioned deep inside East Kurdistan.
In regard to the offensives of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and PJAK’s unilateral ceasefire, he stated that: “our actions have been conducted within the context of legitimate self-defence and in order to preserve the achievement of the Kurdish people”.
Declaration of unilateral ceasefire by PJAK – added Abdanan- “displayed our movement’s potential to preserve our people achievement. Ceasefire was a step to ensure that we have played our role in the current phase. After the start of the offensives by the IRGC which were met with the resistance of our guerrillas, some circles from KCK (Kurdistan Democratic Confederation) and from Kurdistan Regional Government stressed for a peaceful solution. Hence we took another step toward peace and declared the ceasefire. The Iranian regime also ended its operations and now the situation is calm.”
Pointing to the Iranian propaganda that they have taken hold of some of PJAK’s strongholds, Abdanan explained; “such propagandas are not new; they have always tried to present the facts upside down. This is special war. They seek to hide the truth. Upon a call from some circles we declared a ceasefire from 5 September to open the way for peaceful solution. We were asked to withdraw our forces. After the declaration of the ceasefire and the cessation of Iranian offensives, we withdrew our forces and positioned them deep inside East Kurdistan. We have left the border regions and submitted them to the HPG (People Defence Forces)”.
The member of PJAK’s General Assembly stated that the Iranian forces have not taken hold of a single garrison of PJAK. He also said that within the context of self-defence their forces would respond to any kind of military operations.