Iranian police say security forces have killed three armed Sunni militants in a firefight in the country’s west.
The report, posted on the official police website, says the firefight took place on Tuesday morning in a neighborhood in the city of Kermanshah, which is located about 500 kilometers, or 310 miles, southwest of the capital, Tehran.
It says police confiscated a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a suicide vest at the site of the clash.
The report didn’t identify the militants, though it called them “takfiris,” a derogatory term in both Arabic and Farsi referring to extremist Sunni Muslims – such as members of the Islamic State group – who accuse other Muslims of being infidels.
Earlier this month Iran executed 20 convicted members of Sunni militant groups.
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