TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The ground force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday it had smashed a "terrorist" team affiliated with the "separatist" Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, killing its two members.
In a statement published on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News, the ground force said the two-member team sought to enter Iran through the northwestern border to perpetrate acts of "sabotage and terror."
The two were ambushed by the IRGC's ground forces on Wednesday and killed in a clash that took place in the border highlands of Sardasht County, it said.
Various weapons, pieces of equipment, and a Starlink satellite internet device were seized from the terrorists, it added.
PJAK, a terrorist group designated by Iran, is a branch of the Kurdish militant group Kurdistan Workers' Party that has been responsible for attacks on Iranian border guards and civilians for over 20 years. ■
