September 2006 Sardasht incident
September 2006 Sardasht incident or the September 2006 Iran–Iraq cross-border raid was a military operation on Iran–Iraqi Kurdistan border, in which at least 30 Kurdish militants of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) were allegedly killed by Iranian security forces and 40 injured.[1]
| September 2006 Sardasht incident | |||||
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| 30+ killed, 40 injured (Iranian claim) | |||||
Following the clash a PJAK spokesman inside Iraq declared an immediate, unilateral ceasefire.[1] A senior Iranian military spokesman Hamid Ahmadi rejected the call, saying: "A ceasefire with a terrorist group doesn't make any sense."[1]
The fighting came a week after the Revolutionary Guards announced a new military offensive against PJAK, or the Free Life party of Kurdistan, with the intention of driving them from their positions in Iran.[1]
See also
References
- David Batty (5 September 2011). "Iranian forces kill Kurdish rebels near Iraq border". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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