Piranshahr
Coverage of Piranshahr in the Nexus archive.
- US missile strikes uninhabited area in northwestern Iran: Report
A US missile struck an uninhabited area near Piranshahr in northwestern Iran, according to Iranian media. Local officials reported no casualties.
- Six Kurdish fighters killed in IRGC ambush as clashes spread across western Iran
Six Kurdish fighters from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) were killed in an ambush by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in northwest Iran, escalating clashes in the region. The IRGC claimed to have killed five PDKI members, while Kurdish opposition groups cited increased attacks and repression in Iranian Kurdish areas since February.
- IRGC say they killed Kurdish fighters in northwest Iran
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have killed five members of the banned Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in mountainous border areas near Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province. A separate attack in Kermanshah province killed two IRGC members, claimed by a newly formed Kurdish armed group.