Iranian Security Forces Targeted in Deadly Militant Attacks
TL;DR
Suspected Sunni Muslim militants from Jaish al-Adl attacked Iran’s Revolutionary Guards headquarters in Sistan-Baluchestan, resulting in at least 27 fatalities, including 11 security force members and 16 militants. The clashes occurred in the towns of Chabahar and Rask, with 10 other security officers injured. Jaish al-Adl aims to improve conditions for the Baluchi ethnic minority in Iran and has previously targeted Iranian security forces in the region. This area, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, has seen frequent confrontations between Iranian forces and Sunni militants and drug traffickers.
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- At least 27 dead as militants attack Iran security forces, state media reports NBC News
- Twenty-seven die in militant attacks on Iran security forces Reuters
- At least 11 killed in attack on Iran’s IRGC in border province: State media Al Jazeera English
- 5 Iranian security officers killed in attacks in country's southeast The Times of Israel
- Iran Says Five Security Forces Killed in Separatist Attacks Bloomberg
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