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Iran-Iraq Border Clash: Kurdish rebels mount trouble for Iran

In order to disarm and evacuate Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Iran claims to have achieved a deal with Iraq. By September 19, the central Iraqi government has promised to disarm "terrorist, secessionist groups" in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, according to Nasser Kanani, a spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.