Following heavy clashes between PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces and Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in several villages in the vicinity of the city of Shno (Oshnaviah) on June 15 and 16, clashes also erupted in the city of Piranshar on June 16.<\/p>\n
The Operational Command of PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces stated that the Peshmergas were ambushed by the IRGC in the Sarokani region of Piranshar on June 16. <\/p>\n
The Peshmergas managed to break the Iranian ambush without any casualties. The battle lasted for one hour.<\/p>\n
So far, there is no information regarding Iranian casualties in this recent clash. However, the Operational Command of the Peshmerga Forces has released the names of 5 of at least 12 IRGC soldiers that were killed in the clashes on June 15. Their names are as follows: IRGC Colonel Haji Samad, IRGC soldier Yosef Ahmedi, IRGC soldier Mustafa Khalidi, Basiji member Obeyid Herki and IRGC soldier Askandar Mamal.<\/p>\n
Since May of 2015 PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces returned to their bases in the border area between southern (Iraqi) and Eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. In 1993, PDKI left the Qandil Mountains and moved its bases into the heartland of southern Kurdistan in order to prevent Iranian aggression against this part of Kurdistan, which was in its early stages of self-rule.<\/p>\n
On the occasion of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, announced that henceforth PDKI will send Peshmergas and political cadres to eastern Kurdistan in order to facilitate closer interactions with the Kurdish people.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur objective,\u201d Hijri said, \u201cis to interlock the struggle [of Peshmerga] in the mountains with the struggle [of the Kurdish people] in the cities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Recently, Mohammad Salih Ghaderi, PDKI\u2019s representative to Hawler (Erbil), stated to Kurdish media outlets in South Kurdistan that the recent clashes were initiated by the IRGC against the Peshmergas.<\/p>\n
Ghaderi said that the PDKI Peshmergas and cadres were on political missions and came under attack by the Iranian forces.<\/p>\n
Following the establishment of the theocracy in Iran, which the PDKI and other secular and democratic Kurdish organizations opposed, a war broke out between the Islamist regime and the Kurdish movement that lasted from 1979 to the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Following heavy clashes between PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces and Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in several villages in the vicinity of the city of Shno (Oshnaviah) on June 15 and 16, clashes also erupted in the city of Piranshar on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[43,39],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p12yuy-1cF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4639,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/peshmerga-forces-controlled-the-road-between-mehabad-and-xane\/","url_meta":{"origin":4629,"position":0},"title":"Peshmerga Forces Controlled the Road Between Mehabad and Xane","author":"akamr","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Operational Command of PDKI\u2019s Peshmerga Forces reported that the road between Mehabad and Xane (Piranshar) was under the control of the Peshmerga Forces for more than one hour. Moreover, the Peshmerga Forces held a public meeting for hundreds of people in Doli Hawshinai, an area in the vicinity of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Peshmerga-Forces-Controlled-the-Road-Between.jpg?fit=620%2C412&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Peshmerga-Forces-Controlled-the-Road-Between.jpg?fit=620%2C412&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Peshmerga-Forces-Controlled-the-Road-Between.jpg?fit=620%2C412&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4631,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/pdkis-peshmerga-forces-clashed-with-irgc-special-forces-in-sardasht\/","url_meta":{"origin":4629,"position":1},"title":"PDKI\u2019s Peshmerga Forces Clashed with IRGC Special Forces in Sardasht","author":"akamr","date":"June 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Operational Command of PDKI\u2019s Peshmerga Forces released a statement on the clashes between Peshmergas and Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Sardasht. PDKI\u2019s Peshmerga Forces were carrying out political and organizational duties in Sardasht when they came under attack by Iranian forces. The Peshmerga Forces were moving towards\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Peshmerga-Forces-Clashed-with-IRGC-Special-Forces-in-Sardasht.jpg?fit=620%2C412&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Peshmerga-Forces-Clashed-with-IRGC-Special-Forces-in-Sardasht.jpg?fit=620%2C412&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Peshmerga-Forces-Clashed-with-IRGC-Special-Forces-in-Sardasht.jpg?fit=620%2C412&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4453,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/statement-on-clashes-between-peshmerga-forces-and-irgc\/","url_meta":{"origin":4629,"position":2},"title":"Statement on Clashes Between Peshmerga Forces and IRGC","author":"akamr","date":"September 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Clashes between PDKI\u2019s Peshmerga Forces and Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps erupted on September 18, 2016, around 20:00 local time in the Mokrian region of eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. The clashes continued in the villages of of Qabrihussein and Prdanan until the morning of September 19. More than 10 IRGC soldiers,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Foreign Relation Statements & Press Releases"","block_context":{"text":"Foreign Relation Statements & Press Releases","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/foreign-relation\/statements-press-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pdki-clashes.jpg?fit=660%2C371&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pdki-clashes.jpg?fit=660%2C371&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pdki-clashes.jpg?fit=660%2C371&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4684,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/dead-bodies-of-31-iranian-soldiers-transferred-from-mariwan-to-sne\/","url_meta":{"origin":4629,"position":3},"title":"Dead Bodies of 31 Iranian Soldiers Transferred from Mariwan to Sne","author":"akamr","date":"July 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Since clashes erupted between PDKI\u2019s Peshmerga Forces and Iran\u2019s Islamic guards on June 15, the Iranian regime has taken various steps to cover up the casualties of its troops. The dead bodies of 31 soldiers, which Iran claims were killed in Iraq, are about to be transferred from the Kurdish\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dead-Bodies-of-31-Iranian-Soldiers.jpg?fit=600%2C337&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dead-Bodies-of-31-Iranian-Soldiers.jpg?fit=600%2C337&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dead-Bodies-of-31-Iranian-Soldiers.jpg?fit=600%2C337&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3661,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/we-cant-wait-to-try-these-makeup-trends-from-the-fall-2016-runways\/","url_meta":{"origin":4629,"position":4},"title":"Peshmerga Forces: IRGC Sergeant and Several Others Confirmed Dead","author":"akamr","date":"March 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"New details emerged today on Iranian casualties in the heavy clashes between PDKI\u2019s Peshmerga Forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Shno (Oshnaviah) on June 15 and 16. According to recent reports, an additional six members of Iran\u2019s terrorist paramilitary IRGC were killed in the clashes with PDKI\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/peshmarga-forces.jpg?fit=960%2C510&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/peshmarga-forces.jpg?fit=960%2C510&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/peshmarga-forces.jpg?fit=960%2C510&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/peshmarga-forces.jpg?fit=960%2C510&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5270,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/irgc-commander-killed-in-clash-with-peshmerga-forces\/","url_meta":{"origin":4629,"position":5},"title":"IRGC Commander Killed in Clash with Peshmerga Forces","author":"Admin English","date":"June 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Central Command of Kurdistan's Peshmerga Forces released a statement earlier today regarding a clash between the Peshmerga Forces and Iran\u2019s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that took place on the evening of June 23. A number of IRGC soldiers were killed and wounded in the clash. Unfortunately, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_3034.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_3034.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_3034.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_3034.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_3034.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4901,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629\/revisions\/4901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}