TEHRAN Five members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) were killed Monday in southwest Iran, near the border with Iraq, state radio reported on Tuesday.

The five mercenaries, armed with light and medium weapons, were trying to enter Iran from the region near the Arvand River which marks the border.

They were killed and their weapons were seized by the troops of the 92nd Armored Division of Khuzestan Province.