Border guard killed in gunfight in northwest Iran

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News ID: 24852
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 11:23 - 24 June 2018
TEHRAN, June 24 - Armed assailants killed an Iranian border guard in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan early Sunday.

Border guard killed in gunfight in northwest Iran

TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - During an exchange of fire in the border region of Piranshahr in the early hours of Sunday, armed outlaws killed a Border Police soldier.

Two attackers were also killed in the incident, which occurred at Tamarchin border post.

The assault came three weeks after another attack on a border post in the same province, during which two Iranian police forces were martyred.

Security posts in West Azarbaijan province, which borders Turkey and Iraq, have frequently come under cross-border attacks in recent months.

Source: Tasnim

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