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.
- At least five policemen were killed in twin attacks on police patrol units in southeastern Iran, according to state media reports.
- The attacks occurred along the Khash-Iranshahr route in Sistan and Baluchestan province, as reported by the state-run news agency IRNA.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far, but sources suggested it could be linked to the Jaish-e-Adl militant group.
- A search operation is currently underway for the attackers, who are said to have fled the scene.
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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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