Iran's semi-official Fars news agency says the Revolutionary Guard has killed 11 Kurdish insurgents and lost three of its own in two days of fighting. It says Iranian forces had been monitoring the group for the past week near the town of Sarvabad in Iran's Kurdistan province. The Guard says it killed five insurgents on Saturday and 12 earlier this month in the West Azerbaijan province. Fars, which is close to the Guard, said Tuesday that the battle erupted the day before after a two-day pursuit. The West Azerbaijan and Kurdistan provinces border Iraq, which also has a large Kurdish minority.

Source: ABC News June 28, 2016 17:52 UTC