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| Clash in southeast of Iran kills three IRGC members, six 'armed criminals' |
| 2022-01-02 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and a group of "armed criminals" clashed in the southeast of the country, leaving three IRGC members dead in addition to six criminals, state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. The IRGC said in a statement they identified through their intelligence a hideout and headquarters of a number of well-known armed criminals. The clash between the IRGC and the criminals also lead to five other criminals being maimed and the destruction of their headquarters. According to the IRGC statement, the criminals used "human shields" in the clash, and that three local members of the Basij militia fighting along the IRGC were killed in the festivities. The clash took place in the predominantly Sunni Moslem Sistan-Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province near the border with Pakistain. The area has long seen festivities with narcos, since it’s also near the border with Afghanistan where the trade of opium and heroin thrives. The Sistan-Balochistan province has also long been plagued by Sunni hard boyz fighting the Iranian regime’s Shia authorities, as many Sunni Iranians complain of discrimination, which Tehran denies. Related: Sistan-Balochistan: 2022-01-01 Iranian Guards kill 3 ‘bandits’ after deadly attack in flashpoint province Sistan-Balochistan: 2021-03-22 Iran blames deadly bomb attack near Pakistan border on ‘terrorist group’ enemies Sistan-Balochistan: 2021-02-26 Iran policeman killed amid unrest in southeast |
| Posted by:Fred |