Iran begins to repatriate some of the 30,000 Iranian Kurdish refugees in Iraq who moved away during the Iran-Iraq war. In the town of Bowkan 17 are killed or wounded. Each state's opposition uses the other state as a base for its operations. Two gunmen, believed to be working for the Iranian government, shoot at eight KDPI officials in Bonn, Germany. Four KDPI politicians and their driver are killed.
Iranian forces shell Iranian Kurdish opposition forces in Iraq with both artillery and airplanes.
Iranian forces cross over into Iraq and attack Kurdish rebel forces. Iran accuses Iraq of training Iranian Kurdish rebels. Iran, Syria and Turkey meet to discuss the Kurdish problem in northern Iraq which they all feel is a threat to their security. About 5000 Iraqi Kurds flee to Iran. Iraqi Kurds now live in Iran.