TEHRAN: A ‘terrorist’ assault killed 4 members of Iran‘s safety forces within the nation’s southeast, the state information company IRNA reported on Monday.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members had been killed “throughout a terrorist act” within the Saravan area of Sistan-Baluchistan province close to the Pakistani border, it mentioned.
The area is one in every of Iran’s poorest and is house to the Baluchi minority, who adhere to Sunni Islam reasonably than the Shiite department predominant in Iran.
“The highly effective presence of the safety forces pushed components of the group to flee in direction of Pakistan,” IRNA mentioned, with out offering additional particulars on the assailants.
The realm has beforehand seen clashes with drug smuggling gangs in addition to rebels from the Baluchi minority and Sunni Muslim extremist teams.
For the reason that September 16 dying in morality police custody of Mahsa Amini within the capital Tehran, protesters in Sistan-Baluchistan have additionally rallied in anti-regime protests which have unfold nationwide.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members had been killed “throughout a terrorist act” within the Saravan area of Sistan-Baluchistan province close to the Pakistani border, it mentioned.
The area is one in every of Iran’s poorest and is house to the Baluchi minority, who adhere to Sunni Islam reasonably than the Shiite department predominant in Iran.
“The highly effective presence of the safety forces pushed components of the group to flee in direction of Pakistan,” IRNA mentioned, with out offering additional particulars on the assailants.
The realm has beforehand seen clashes with drug smuggling gangs in addition to rebels from the Baluchi minority and Sunni Muslim extremist teams.
For the reason that September 16 dying in morality police custody of Mahsa Amini within the capital Tehran, protesters in Sistan-Baluchistan have additionally rallied in anti-regime protests which have unfold nationwide.
