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Iran confirms clashes with Turkish Kurd rebels, puts death toll at10

TEHRAN July 7 (AFP) - Iran confirmed Wednesday that its troops had been engaged in clashes with rebels from the former Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) near the border with Turkey, the student news agency ISNA reported.

Deputy Interior Minister Ali Asghar Ahmadi said the clashes took place on June28 , killing two Iranian soldiers and eight rebels from the group, now known as the Kongra-Gel.

On Tuesday a pro-Kurdish news agency said 16 Iranian soldiers and four Turkish Kurd rebels were killed in fighting in a mountainous region along the Turkish border.

Turkish security sources confirmed the clashes, saying they were part of a "large-scale" operation launched by the Iranian army.
"There are at least 10 dead," a Turkish official told AFP in Diyarbakir, the center of Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.

The Germany-based MHA news agency, which is close to the rebels, reported that Iranian security forces had launched "a comprehensive operation" against the armed wing of the PKK last week. The first clashes occurred on Friday.

The Iranians used helicopters and heavy weapons, it said, adding that the operation was continuing.Iranian security forces also carried out raids -- apparently on PKK targets -- in the towns of Salmas and Khoy, near the Turkish border, MHA said.

The PKK has long used the mountainous border regions of Iran and Iraq, which are difficult to guard, as a springboard for attacks on Turkish territory.
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