Iran says its forces have killed a senior commander of the outlawed Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) near the border with Iraq. “The senior commander who has entered Iran to conduct terrorist activities was killed on the 8th of April, near the village of Nejmar 10 kilometers from the Iraqi border,” an informed source told Mehr News Agency. PJAK is considered an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which has been fighting Turkish troops for more than 3 decades. Iran has on several occasions reported clashes between government forces and members of the terrorist group in Kurdistan. The Islamic Republic has slammed the White House for supplying PJAK in Iran's province of Kurdistan to stir up ethnic unrest in the country. Although the US has provided Turkey with both diplomatic and military intelligence against the PKK, it has been aiding PJAK against Iran.