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New Kurdish Militant Group Claims Killing of Two IRGC Members in Paveh

The attack and swift Revolutionary Guard counter-operations signal a sharp rise in violence that could broaden Tehran’s security crackdown.

Members of the crowd wave Iranian flags during a funeral procession held for IRGC Navy Chief Alireza Tangsiri, alongside other senior naval commanders and their families who were killed in US-Israeli strikes in late March, on April 1, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.
The attack took place in the city of Paveh, in Iran's Kurdish-majority Kermanshah province. Getty Images
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Title: Iran War Image ID: 26091481722963 Article: Iranian police special forces stand guard during a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, and others killed in Israeli strikes in late March, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Overview

  • Reports published Tuesday said gunmen shot dead two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members outside a home in Paveh, Kermanshah province, and wounded two others.
  • A newly announced group calling itself Khori Hiva (Xore Heva or “Sun of Hope”) claimed responsibility and framed the strike as revenge for the 2022 crackdown after Mahsa Amini’s death.
  • The Norway-based rights group Hengaw named the two dead guards and identified two wounded men, one reported in a coma, providing the main independent casualty details available.
  • The IRGC said its forces killed multiple armed fighters in a separate clash in the Mahabad–Piranshahr border mountains and recovered weapons and equipment from the scene.
  • Accounts of a separate Saravan attack on an IRGC member conflict between state media and rights groups, and limited independent verification of many claims raises the risk of further reprisals and an intensified local crackdown.