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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Iran state media says militants kill 3 security forces
Iranian state TV says three security forces have been killed during clashes with militants near the border with Iraq.
The state TV website reports the clashes took place near the Kurdish town of Piranshahr, some 730 kilometers (450 miles) northwest of the capital, Tehran.
The report says “armed counter-revolutionary bandits” are at large and Iranian forces are tracking them.
It did not elaborate on the affiliation of the militants. Kurdish separatists and Islamic extremists have carried out past attacks near the borders with Iraq and Turkey.
— AP
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