Iran on Saturday called on Berlin to put on trial the leader of PJAK, Rahman Haji Ahmadi, who reportedly lives in Germany, the official IRNA news agency reported.

According to IRNA's reports Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi demanded arrest of Ahmadi from his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle in a phone conversation.

"The German government should put on trial Rahman Haji Ahmadi, the leader of the terrorist group who lives in Germany," he reportedly said.

Earlier on Saturday, the foreign ministry summoned German charge d'affaires Bettina Cadenbach to protest at Haji Ahmadi being allowed to live in Germany in what it called "encouragement for the terrorists to continue their crimes," ISNA news agency reported.

Also in Tehran, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, demanded Baghdad and the Kurdish regional authorities prevent the rebels from attacking Iran from Iraqi territory.

Iranian forces have repeatedly shelled border districts of Iraq's Kurdish region, targeting PJAK bases.