Four militants were wounded and fled back across the border into Iraq and one was captured. PHOTO: AFP
Islamic State leader Baghdadi almost certainly alive: Kurdish security official
A statement on the Guards' Sepah News website identified their opponents only as "terrorists". Clashes with Iranian Kurdish militant groups based in Iraq are fairly common in the area.
After Thursday's fighting, four militants were wounded and fled back across the border into Iraq and one was captured, the statement said. As well as the one fatality, another Guard was wounded.
Iraq's Kurds, seeking independence, call vote hoping to ease row
On June 7, Islamic State attacked parliament in Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, killing at least 18 people. All of the attackers were Iranian Kurds.
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