'European governments back PJAK'
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:34 pmIranian Deputy Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist group is supported by European governments.
Raeisi told IRNA on Saturday night that PJAK operates under the protection and support of some European governments, criticizing Germany for granting refuge to PJAK leader Rahman Haj-Ahmadi.
He also called on Berlin to take legal action against Haj-Ahmadi, noting that the German government has failed to meet its international commitments in the fight against terror.
The Iranian judiciary official further stated that some Western countries trumpet their battle against terrorism, but support terrorist groups, which is an epitome of their hypocrisy and double-standard policy.
Last week, Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the German chargé d'affaires to protest Berlin's harboring of the terrorist leader, and call for his trial.
On July 17, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) disbanded a terrorist cell linked to the PJAK, killing at least five members of the group.
During another operation on July 25, IRGC forces killed 35 members of the terrorist group, and captured some of the PJAK members.
Iran has recently deployed 5,000 military forces in the northwest of the country along its common border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Members of the terrorist PJAK group -- an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party -- regularly engage in armed clashes with Iranian security forces along the country's western borders with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
Raeisi told IRNA on Saturday night that PJAK operates under the protection and support of some European governments, criticizing Germany for granting refuge to PJAK leader Rahman Haj-Ahmadi.
He also called on Berlin to take legal action against Haj-Ahmadi, noting that the German government has failed to meet its international commitments in the fight against terror.
The Iranian judiciary official further stated that some Western countries trumpet their battle against terrorism, but support terrorist groups, which is an epitome of their hypocrisy and double-standard policy.
Last week, Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the German chargé d'affaires to protest Berlin's harboring of the terrorist leader, and call for his trial.
On July 17, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) disbanded a terrorist cell linked to the PJAK, killing at least five members of the group.
During another operation on July 25, IRGC forces killed 35 members of the terrorist group, and captured some of the PJAK members.
Iran has recently deployed 5,000 military forces in the northwest of the country along its common border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Members of the terrorist PJAK group -- an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party -- regularly engage in armed clashes with Iranian security forces along the country's western borders with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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