The PDKI says six Kurdish fighters were killed in an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp ambush near Piranshahr, while the Revolutionary Guards claim five Kurdish militants dead.

An uptick in clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish rebel groups is threatening to open a new front in the Islamic Republic's conflict with the United States and Israel, testing a fragile ceasefire between Tehran and Washington.

A long-term U.S.-Iran peace deal may depend on a separate agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Analysts say that presents a problem.

A series of strikes over the weekend saw the US and Iran accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.

Senior U.S. officials have said Iran would be richly rewarded for changing its stance on the United States. Iran’s leaders have rejected such a bargain in the past.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces face deadly attacks across western Iran as clashes spread, raising questions about an escalating Kurdish insurgency amid U.S.–Iran talks.

By Andrew Mills and Elwely Elwelly DOHA/DUBAI, June 30 (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would not meet with top U.S. envoys who flew to the region following an outbreak of hostilities, clouding the prospects for a lasting peace between the two countries.

Talks between the U.S. and Iran paused as Iran holds the state funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during U.S.-Israeli strikes. Retired Navy Vice Adm. Robert Murrett weighs in on the state of negotiations.