2 Iranian border guards killed in Kurdistan province: What to know
Iraq agreed to move Iranian Kurdish groups farther from the border in 2023, but some clashes have occurred since then.
Two Iranian border guards were killed in the western part of Iran's Kurdistan province on Wednesday, state media reported, in the latest sign of conflict close to the Iraqi border.
The guards, Lt. Col. Sajjad Adib and Lt. Col. Ali Badaq, were shot during clashes with an unspecified “adversary group” in the province’s Baneh County and later succumbed to their injuries. Brig. Gen. Faraj Rostami, head of Iran’s Border Guard Command in the Iranian Kurdistan province, said the group was seeking to infiltrate Iran and came under fire from Border Guard forces, the semiofficial Mehr News Agency reported.
The group fled following the clashes, according to Rostami.
The city of Baneh, capital of Baneh County, is located about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Iraqi border.
