TEHRAN – The IRGC ground forces commander has expressed hope that the Iraqi government and Iraqi Kurdistan’s officials would further cooperate with Iran in its fight against anti-Iranian terrorist groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan.

“We are hopeful that the Iraqi government and Iraqi Kurdistan’s officials will step up efforts to prevent the continuation of the presence and activities of PJAK terrorist group’s members in Kurdish regions that border the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said on Monday.
“The presence of terrorist groups in border areas is a serious threat to the security and economy of both countries,” he said.
He also said that the IRGC forces, in a major operation which is still ongoing in northwest Iran, have managed to kill, wound, and capture dozens of PJAK terrorists, emphasizing the IRGC will continue its operations against the group.
The PJAK group was established in 2003. Camps and bases of the group are mostly located in Iraq near the border with Iran.
On July 11, a high-ranking Iranian military official criticized Iraqi Kurdistan’s officials for harboring PJAK terrorists and said Iran reserves the right to attack and destroy PJAK’s terrorist camps and bases inside Iraq.