Iran media says two 'terrorists' killed in border clash

Two “terrorists” were killed and four wounded on Iran’s northwestern border, a Revolutionary Guards commander says.

“The counter-revolutionary terrorist cell, which was attempting to enter Iran, was dismantled at the border in western Azerbaijan province,” says General Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Guards land forces, according to the Mehr news agency.

“Two of the armed rebels were killed and four others injured,” he adds, without specifying if they were members of a known group.

Iranian security forces frequently clash with separatist rebels and jihadist insurgents along the restive borders with Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

— AFP