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IRGC soldiers killed in Kurdish area of Iran

Iranian media reported that unknown gunmen killed three IRGC soldiers in Iran's Kurdistan province.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
May 6, 2020
TEHRAN, IRAN - SEPTEMBER 22: Iranian armed forces march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran-Iraq war on September 22, 2011 in Tehran, Iran. Iran is holding military parades in Tehran and other parts of the country on the first day of the Sacred Defence Week. Tehran's parade began to the north of Imam Khomeini's mausoleum providing the army, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Law Enforcement Force and Basij with an opportunity to display their state of military preparedness, in which ar
Iranian armed forces march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war on Sept. 22, 2011, in Tehran, Iran. — Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

Three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members died in a gunfight in a Kurdish-majority part of western Iran yesterday, according to multiple reports.

Unidentified gunmen killed a colonel and two other members of the elite military unit in Divandarreh, in Kurdistan province about 40 miles (65 kilometers) east of Iraq, The Associated Press reported. It cited Iran's Tasnim news agency.

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