US EditionGunmen kill 5 police officers in southeastern Iran
The attack in Sistan and Baluchestan highlights ongoing militant activity with Iranian forces recently dismantling cells and seizing explosives, underscoring regional instability.
- An armed terrorist attack in the Daman district of Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, resulted in the deaths of five Iranian police officers and injured several others.
- Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol, killing police officers and wounding others, according to Iranian police and Fars news agency reports.
- Sistan and Baluchistan Province is known for armed attacks against Iranian security forces, notably by the group Jaish al-Adl.
- The assailants fled the scene following the attack at a checkpoint, as reported by the IRNA news agency.
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Five Iran police killed in ambush in southeast
At least five Iranian police have been killed in an ambush in the restive southeast, Iranian media reported on Friday. The unidentified assailants struck two units on patrol near the town of Iranshahr in Sistan-Baluchistan province, the Fars news agency said, citing local police. "In this terrorist act, five servants of security and peace were martyred," it quoted police as saying. Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has …
Shafaq News- Tehran - The Balochistan Army of Justice (Jaish al-Adl), an opposition group to the Iranian regime, claimed responsibility on Friday for the armed attack that targeted the Iranian police. Two Iranian security patrols were attacked in the Damen area of Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, killing five members of the Internal Security Forces (ISF). This attack is an extension of a series of attacks carried out by the Balochista…
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