Iran\'s consulate in Erbil protested against recent clashes in Shno

16:17 - 20 June 2018
Kurdpa Agency: Iranian officials in Erbil take their complaints to the Kurdistan Regional Government on the presence of the PDKI Peshmerga Forces inside Iranian Kurdistan.

In the wake of the recent clashes between the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) Peshmerga Forces and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iranian Consulate General in Erbil has in a meeting with an official in the Kurdistan Regional Government\'s Foreign relations expressed the regime\'s frustration and anger.

The Iranian Consulate General in Erbil has told the IRNA news agency that: \"A delegation from the Iranian Consulate headed by senior officials in a meeting with one of the officials in the Kurdistan Foreign Relation\'s office objected to the presence of the PDKI\'s Peshmerga Forces inside Iranian Kurdistan, and their ongoing activities in the region.\"

In this meeting, Seyyom Mamand, responsible for the Kurdistan Foreign Relations Office in the Kurdistan Regional Government has according to IRNA reportedly stated that: \"The will of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is based on the development and consolidation of relations with Iran.\" The recent unrests and events reported IRNA \"will certainly not be allowed by the Iraqi Kurdistan\'s government.\"

On Sunday, June 10, Kurdistan\'s Peshmerga Commander, affiliated with the Democratic Party of Iranian, in a statement announced the involvement of the Party\'s Forces with the IRGC in Shno.

In the statement, the Commander of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Force stated that \"On the eve of June 8, a clash between the Kurdistan Peshmerga Force and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces took place in the Mountain areas in Shno resulting in the killing of nine soldiers and injuries of 18 others.\"

The Kurdistan Peshmerga Commander refuted the statements and news on the killing of the Peshmerga Forces by the IRGC and stated that the Peshmerga Forces had left the conflict area and continued on their mission.

The Hamza\'s headquarters claimed that the Revolutionary Guards did not suffer any casualties in the Shno conflict, but the Kurdish Peshmerga Commander reaffirmed that the Iran Forces suffered heavy casualties.