TEHRAN - Six members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed and five injured in a helicopter crash during an operation in the Piranshahr region near the Iraqi border, the Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday.

""An armed forces' helicopter with 11 on board hit the mountains because of a storm while on a border maneuver near Piranshahr,"" AFP quoted Iranian radio as saying.
According to the MNA two of the injured are in critical condition. The incident happened on Friday at 17:30 local time.
Funeral procession was held in Piranshahr for six military personnel, IRNA reported. They were citizens of Piranshahr in West Azarbaijan province.
Iran's northwestern West Azerbaijan province, which borders Turkey and Iraq, is the scene of regular clashes between Iranian security forces and Pejak and other militant Kurdish separatists linked to Turkey's outlawed PKK