Revolutionary Guards clash with Daesh in western Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards clashed with Daesh militants in the western part of the country on Saturday, according to Sepah News, the official news site of the Guards.

A team of 21 Daesh fighters crossed Iran’s western border and were placed under surveillance before the Guards, the most powerful military force in the Islamic Republic, attacked them on Saturday morning, Sepah News reported.

Three members of the Revolutionary Guards and three Daesh militants were killed. General Mohammad Pakpour, head of the Guards’ ground forces, said the other 16 militants were arrested and while two fled but were now surrounded, Tasnim agency reported.

Last June, Daesh attacked the Iranian parliament in Tehran and the mausoleum of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, killing at least 18 and wounding dozens.

The attackers were all Iranian Kurds from the Kurdish region of western Iran near the Iraqi border.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired several missiles at Daesh bases in Syria on June 18 in response to that attack.

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