The IRGC has been transferring heavy military weapons to Kurdistan

15:32 - 12 August 2017
Kurdpa Agency: The people of Sna (Sanandaj) are concerned with the IRGC’s decision to transfer heavy military equipment to their city.

According to reports received by Kurdistan News Agency (Kurdpa), in the past few days, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) transferred weapons to Sna (Sanandaj). These weapons as indicated by witnesses have been both heavy and light in nature.

Witnesses have further indicated that the IRGC’s vehicles have been moving around the city.

The IRGC has stated that their reasons for sending these weapons to Kurdistan is to confront the forces of the Kurdish parties opposition to the regime.

In the past few days, the Peshmerga Forces of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PKDI) clashed with the IRGC Forces in Kurdistan in both Shno (Ashnavie) and Piranshar, PDKI confirmed. A number of the IRGC Forces were killed and wounded, PDKI further indicates.