Iranian troops today killed 10 insurgents in ongoing clashes in the country’s north-west, near the border with Turkey, Iran’s official news agency reported.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have killed 17 insurgents in clashes in north-western Iran near the border with Turkey that saw four of its officers die, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported today.

Iran claimed today that it had arrested anti-government separatists with links to British intelligence services, accusing them of involvement in violent protests and a recent spate of deadly bombings.