Two Peshmerga ‘martyred’ in clashes with Iranian troops

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – Clashes erupted on Wednesday between the Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iranian soldiers where two Peshmerga were martyred, the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK) announced.

Iranian Kurdish PDK, previously separated from Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iran (PDKI), announced that two of their Peshmerga fighters, Azad Ali and Amir Qadiryan, had been “martyred” in clashes with Iranian troops.

According to the announcement, the clashes took place near the Kurdish city of Sardasht, west of Iran.

The party revealed the Peshmerga fighters were ambushed and two members martyred after stepping on mines in the area planted by the Iranian government.

Following the clashes, PDKI expressed their concerns and sent condolences to the families of the Peshmerga fighters and PDK party.

In recent months, the PDK and PDKI have resumed armed conflict against the Iranian government.

PDK is a Kurdish political party in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat) that seeks to achieve Kurdish national rights within a democratic and federal republic of Iran.

The party split from PDKI in 2006.

PDK was accepted as a full member of the Socialist International at its November 2015 Council meeting held in Luanda, Angola. The leader of the party is Khalid Azizi.

Recently, both PDK and PDKI held meetings aiming to continue their resistance against the Tehran government and put efforts to unite the two parties.

Iran has often bombarded its border with the Kurdistan Region wounding civilians and inflicting heavy damages to agricultural fields and the environment.

As a result of the violence, many villagers migrated to safer locations in the Region.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany