Five security forces killed in terrorist attacks in southeastern Iran
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Eight Jaish ul-Adl terrorists were eliminated, while the rest are still surrounded in the cities of Chabahar and Rask.
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A Screenshot from a video showing a terrorist attack on southeastern Iran on April 4, 2024. (MEHR News Agency)
Local security officials said the attacks that started late at night on Wednesday hit two police and military posts in the cities of Rask and Chabahar.
A soldier, a security guard, a Basij volunteer force, and 2 police officers are among the martyrs while five terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire, according to IRNA.
The Deputy Interior Minister of Iran Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi said that a group from the terrorist organization, Jaish ul-Adl, conducted two simultaneous attacks on the headquarters of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Naval Guard in Chabahar and Rask, in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, southeastern Iran, on the evening of April 3.
Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi confirmed that the Iranian forces clashed with the terrorists thwarting the attack in its entirety, adding that the parallel attacks in Chabahar and Rask failed as the terrorists were confronted by security and law enforcement forces.
Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi also said that eight terrorists were eliminated, while the rest of them are still surrounded in the cities of Chabahar and Rask, confirming that the number of dead terrorists might increase in the upcoming hours.
As an update on the ongoing clashes south of Sistan and Baluchestan, Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi said at dawn today that in Rask, the terrorists were defeated and are surrounded by the security forces.
Similar to the Syria scenario, the terrorist attacks in Iran coincide with Israeli attacks on Iranian advisors, and recently the Iranian consulate in Syria.
IRGC dismantled Jaish ul-Adl terror cell in Iran's south in January
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan dismantled a Jaish ul-Adl terror cell that was planning a terrorist attack, the Tasnim News Agency reported on January 17.
The IRGC forces carried out an operation that killed one of the terrorists, while the competent authorities pursued the rest of the cell's members, the Iranian state news agency added.
"The authorities confiscated a large amount of weapons, munitions, and explosives slated for use in a major terrorist operation," it added.
This came on the heels of a similar operation that took place on January 15, wherein Iranian Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Radan announced that the security forces in Iran successfully identified and apprehended the four main individuals sought in connection with a terrorist attack on the police headquarters in Rask County located in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan in December.
Radan reported that the terrorists were ambushed and apprehended through an operation conducted by counter-terrorism police units. He highlighted that this successful operation dealt a significant blow to the Pakistan-based so-called Jaish ul-Adl terror group, which had claimed responsibility for the attack.
