Iranian forces battle group in Kurdistan province

Iran has fought Kurdish-Iranian groups recently.
Iranian soldiers march during a military parade as they mark the country's annual army day in Tehran, on April 18, 2019.
Iranian soldiers march during a military parade as they mark the country's annual army day in Tehran, on April 18, 2019. - AFP via Getty Images
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Iranian forces dismantled an unidentified terrorist group in the western Kurdistan province, state media outlets reported on Wednesday. 

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly encountered the “anti-Islamic Revolution terrorist group” last Thursday when it entered Iranian territory from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The IRGC killed several of the fighters and seized their ammunition, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

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