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Commander: Iran Nearing Full Annihilation of PJAK Terrorists
TEHRAN (FNA)- A top Iranian Armed Forces official on Sunday expressed confidence about the full eradication of the PJAK terrorist group by Iranian forces in the near future, and said the group embarks on terrorist actions against the Islamic Republic because it feels secure on Iraq's soil.
"The (military) aids the PJAK group is receiving and the security that has been created for them on Iraq's soil as well as the geological features of the region have helped the terrorist group maintain activity," Head of the Operations Department of the Iranian Armed Forces General Ali Shadmani told FNA on Sunday.
"They will be eventually eradicated, although they are moving on the path of annihilation right now," Shadmani added.
He said that the group has on several occasions asked for truce but has later changed its dishonest stances.
Shadmani said the group has sustained heavy casualties, "and this indicates that they are growing weaker and weaker".
In July, the IRGC arrested several teams of PJAK, who intended to infiltrate Iran to stage terrorist operations in the country.
In response, Iran deployed about 5,000 military forces in the Northwestern parts of the country along its joint border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
During the operations, the IRGC forces killed, injured and arrested tens of terrorists and destroyed their headquarters in the bordering areas of Alvatan near Sardasht city in Northwestern Iran.
But, upon a request by Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the group was given a one-month grace period during the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan to retreat from the Northwestern borders of the Islamic Republic and stop its terrorist acts in these regions.
The IRGC resumed military operations against the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group after its one-month deadline to the terrorist group ended.
Senior Iranian political and military officials have always underlined that the IRGC will continue operations against the terrorist group in a bid to defend Iran's territorial integrity.
PJAK, a militant Kurdish nationalist group with bases in the mountainous regions of Northern Iraq, has been carrying out numerous attacks in Western Iran, Southern Turkey and the Northeastern parts of Syria where Kurdish populations live.
The separatist group has been fighting to establish an autonomous state, or possibly a new world country, in the area after separating Kurdish regions from Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
Iranian intelligence and security officials have repeatedly complained that Washington provides military support and logistical aids for such anti-Iran terrorist groups.
"The (military) aids the PJAK group is receiving and the security that has been created for them on Iraq's soil as well as the geological features of the region have helped the terrorist group maintain activity," Head of the Operations Department of the Iranian Armed Forces General Ali Shadmani told FNA on Sunday.
"They will be eventually eradicated, although they are moving on the path of annihilation right now," Shadmani added.
He said that the group has on several occasions asked for truce but has later changed its dishonest stances.
Shadmani said the group has sustained heavy casualties, "and this indicates that they are growing weaker and weaker".
In July, the IRGC arrested several teams of PJAK, who intended to infiltrate Iran to stage terrorist operations in the country.
In response, Iran deployed about 5,000 military forces in the Northwestern parts of the country along its joint border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
During the operations, the IRGC forces killed, injured and arrested tens of terrorists and destroyed their headquarters in the bordering areas of Alvatan near Sardasht city in Northwestern Iran.
But, upon a request by Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the group was given a one-month grace period during the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan to retreat from the Northwestern borders of the Islamic Republic and stop its terrorist acts in these regions.
The IRGC resumed military operations against the Iraq-based PJAK terrorist group after its one-month deadline to the terrorist group ended.
Senior Iranian political and military officials have always underlined that the IRGC will continue operations against the terrorist group in a bid to defend Iran's territorial integrity.
PJAK, a militant Kurdish nationalist group with bases in the mountainous regions of Northern Iraq, has been carrying out numerous attacks in Western Iran, Southern Turkey and the Northeastern parts of Syria where Kurdish populations live.
The separatist group has been fighting to establish an autonomous state, or possibly a new world country, in the area after separating Kurdish regions from Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
Iranian intelligence and security officials have repeatedly complained that Washington provides military support and logistical aids for such anti-Iran terrorist groups.
