Iranian forces have inflicted a “heavy and historic defeat” on Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, army officials say.
Iranian troops took control of three camps of the Kurdish rebel group, PJAK, which operates from northern Iraq, Col Delavar Ranjbarzadeh said.
But rebel sources denied the claims, saying they had killed 53 soldiers and lost only two rebel fighters.
PJAK, which calls for autonomy for Iran’s minority Kurds, is regularly targeted by Iranian forces.
Col Ranjbarzadeh, a local commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard, said that “a large number” of PJAK members had been killed in clashes that broke out on Saturday.
