Heavy clash took place between PDKI’s Peshmerga Force and IRGC

00:37 - 13 October 2018
Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa): a heavy clash took place between the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)’s Peshmerga Force and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Pawa (Paweh), located in Kirmashan (Kermanshah) province.

The Central Command of Kurdistan’s Peshmerga Forces confirmed the news releasing a statement.

In the statement published on the official webpage of the party, the PDKI states: “At about 8 a.m. in the morning of today, Friday, October 12, 2018, the Peshmerga forces who had been surrounded by the regime’s force in a mountain resort called Bidmiri in the city of Pawa, clashed with the regime forces”.

“The place where Peshmerga forces had positioned was targeted by heavy weapons. The clash continued until 11 a.m. in which, according to the received information, three members of the IRGC were killed”, the statement continues.

“Unfortunately, two Peshmergas, Shaho Waisi and Zaniyar Islami, were martyred and a civil citizen, Farshad Chechani was shot dead by Iranian forces”, the PDKI says in the statement.