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Three killed in Baluchi militants attack in southwest Iran

2024-09-14

[Rudaw] At least three Iranian border guards were killed after an attack by a Sunni bad boy group in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southwest of Iran, on Thursday evening.

Mehdi Shamsabadi, Sistan and Baluchestan prosecutor, told news hounds that a group of person or persons unknown targeted the border guards while they were filling gas at a station in Mirjaveh city. Three border guards were killed and one civilian was injured.

In separate conversations with Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and Sistan and Baluchestan Governor Mohammad Karami, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref "emphasized the necessity of preventing the recurrence of such terrorist incidents by strengthening the borders of the country," according to the semi-official Mehr News Agency
...And if you can't believe Mehr News Agency who can you believe?...
Jaish al-Adl, a Sunni bad boy group which frequently targets Iranian security forces in Sistan and Baluchestan, grabbed credit for the attack in a statement, warning that the province "is not safe for the guards of the oppressive regime."

Added for future reference: Jaish al-Adl, sometimes spelt Jaysh al-Adl, is an indigenous Balochi Salafi insurgent group based in Pakistan’s Baloch province. They regularly cross the border to attack Iranian targets. For some reason, the Iranian news media sometimes refer to the group as Jaish ul-Zalm.

Sistan and Baluchestan province, near the Pak border, is one of the only Sunni-majority provinces in the Shiite-dominated Iran. There are a number of Baluchi gangs active in the area that carry out regular bombings and suicide kabooms.

Jaish al-Adl, has carried out a number of suicide attacks on Iranian security forces, killing dozens in the border areas. The group was added to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations in 2019 by the administration of former US President Donald Trump

...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
The designation was in response to a deadly attack by the group on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which killed 27 guards near Sistan and Baluchestan’s picturesque provincial capital of Zahedan.

Posted by:trailing wife

#6 Ahh… I wondered, but neither Arabic nor Farsi are in my small collection of languages. You are a treasure, my dear.

Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-14 17:07

#5 fwiw,

Jaish al adl means 'army of justice' which is what the bolochi group call themselves

Jaish al zulm means 'army of injustice' which is what the IRNG calls the bolochi group

Posted by: pippi 2024-09-14 14:38

#4 So I added the clarifying note to the article, to capture the learning for Rantburg’s archives. :-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-14 13:01

#3 So I added the clarifying note to the article, to capture the learning for Rqntburg’s archives. :-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-14 13:01

#2 We missed that story at the time, pippi — thank you. But they refer to the organization as Jaish ul-Zalm, so I went hunting for information and found this article dated last December, from Hasht e Subh Daily, a source I’ve used before:

Iran and the Attacks of Jaish ul-Adl: Where Does It Stem from?

Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-14 13:00

#1 I think the Jaish al Adl was also the group that assassinated the Regime Security chief of Baluchochistan while he was taking out the trash

Posted by: pippi 2024-09-14 12:15

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