In an attack on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards headquarters in the southeast province of Sistan-Baluchestan, suspected militants murdered at least 11 members of the Iranian security force and left 16 others dead, according to state media on Thursday.
According to state TV, the Jaish al-Adl group and security troops engaged in nocturnal fighting in the towns of Chabahar and Rask.
Majid Mirahmadi, the deputy interior minister, said on state TV that “the terrorists failed to succeed achieving their goal of seizing the Guards headquarters in Chabahar and Rask.”
Ten additional security agents were also hurt in the fighting in the impoverished area, according to State TV.
The region, which shares borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, has long been the scene of regular conflicts between drug traffickers and terrorists as well as Iranian security forces.
Narcotics transported from Afghanistan to the West and other places pass through Iran on a regular basis.
Eleven security officers were slain by the extremist organization during an attack on a police station in the town of Rask in December.
