### [2026-07-2](/feed/2026/07/2/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that they have killed five members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan near Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan, Iran. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/irans-revolutionary-guards-say-they-killed-kurdish-militants-northwest-iran-2026-07-02/)

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