Iranian media published reports about the incident near the town of Marivan. This city with a population of about 120 thousand people located in the Iranian province of Kurdistan. According to the latest data, we are talking about an act of terrorism, which was committed against the IRGC troops (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps). At the moment, no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Revolutionary Guards in the Iranian Kurdistan.
According to recent reports, in a suicide attack killed at least 11 Iranian soldiers. The press says about, that "unknown gunmen" carried out the explosion of ammunition warehouse, located on the territory of the military unit of the IRGC near Marivan.
Reportedly, which are published in the Iranian media, A fight broke out between the military and the IRGC a terrorist group. As a result of the fight several terrorists were liquidated. The exact number is not reported. stated, that the surviving militants managed to escape.
Discussed in Iran, where she could appear in Iran terrorist group, which attacked the military facility? One suggestion: militants crossed into Iran from Iraqi territory.
Iranian law enforcement authorities, including security services, They are trying to establish the identity of the liquidated terrorists and to clarify the entire route of their movement before the attack on the IRGC.