Fighting between Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and Kurdish rebels near the Turkish border have killed four people, two from each side, AFP reports.
The clashes took place Monday night in the West Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran, official Iranian news agency IRNA said quoting regional governor Hussein Sivani.
He said the clashes pitted members of the Revolutionary Guards against fighters from the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) "terrorist group".
"Two PJAK terrorists were killed and five were injured," Sivani said, adding that the fighting also claimed the lives of two Revolutionary Guards members while two others were wounded.
IRNA said the clashes occurred at Razi-Kapikoy, a border crossing between Iran's West Azerbaijan province and Turkey's Van province which has been closed for 10 days because of unrest in Turkey.