The military wing of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) issued a statement saying that armed clashes broke out between its forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Marivan region of Iran's Kordistan province. The East Kurdistan Defense Units (YRK) wrote that the IRGC initiated artillery and mortar attacks against their positions  starting on June 8. (IranWire) 

The statement came as PJAK Presidential Council member Siyamend Moini was in Brussels to deliver a speech before a conference at the European Parliament entitled "Weaving a Democratic Iran Together." In his comments, Moini called for international support for the "reconstruction of a free, democratic, and secular Iran that consistently defends women's rights, the rights of peoples and minorities, and environmental protection." (ANF)