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Iran, Iraq
PDK-I in Iranian Pasdaran intelligence crosshairs

The Iranian Kurdish party, exiled in Iraqi Kurdistan, is regularly targeted by attacks from across the border when the Pasdaran considers it to pose an 'imminent threat'. The latest incident took place on 12 September. [...]

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