Islamic Revolution Guards Corps forces attacked a terrorist band in the northwestern end of Iran on Wednesday night, killing all of the terrorists and confiscating their weapons.
According to the public relations department of IRGC’s Hamze Sayyid al-Shohada Base, the terrorist team had infiltrated into Chaldoran region in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan on Wednesday night and killed two local residents, Tasnim News Agency reported.
The IRGC ground forces in the region launched an operation after the attack, chasing the terrorists and killing all four of them in an armed clash, it added.
The IRGC forces seized weapons, communication equipment and ammunition from the terrorists, the statement said.
There has been a surge in the number of counter-terrorism operations launched by IRGC in recent months.
IRGC is tasked with protecting the country’s northwestern and southeastern borders.
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