Eight border guards killed in northwest Iran clashes with terrorists
At least eight Iranian border guards have been killed in heavy clashes with terrorists in the country’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, APA reports quoting Presstv.
The incidents occurred in Chaldoran border area on Friday, Alireza Radfar, the deputy governor general of West Azarbaijan for political and security affair, told IRNA.
He added that the terrorists sustained heavy losses during the clashes which are still ongoing on the border with Turkey.
Iran’s northwest has repeatedly witnessed attacks by terrorist.
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