By Ahmet Dursun

ANKARA

Iranian security forces have killed six terrorists in a security operation in western Iran, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

The security offensive was launched against PJAK, the Iranian offshoot of the terrorist PKK organization, in Marivan in western Iran, IRGC said in a statement.

According to the statement, they were responsible for an attack in Marivan on July 20 in which 11 Iranian soldiers were killed and another eight injured.

PJAK had previously carried out attacks targeting Iranian military forces.