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Iran Revolutionary Guards general survives deadly ambush in restive region — report
[IsraelTimes] Bodyguard killed near checkpoint in Sistan-Balochistan province; attackers arrested, says Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....state TV An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general is said to have survived a deadly attack that killed a bodyguard, according to a report on Iranian state TV Saturday. Brigadier General Hossein Almassi,
...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, was traveling in a vehicle near a checkpoint in the lovely provincial capital Zahedan when it came under fire by button men, Rooters reported Saturday, citing Iranian TV. The general sustained no injuries, the report said. The bodyguard who was slain was identified as Mahmoud Absalom, the son of a senior IRGC commander in the region, according to a report by the Islamic Theocratic RepublicNews Agency (IRNA). Authorities have arrested some suspects but did not identify them, the report added. Sistan-Balochistan is the site of occasional festivities between Iranian forces and various holy warrior groups. The relationship between the predominantly Sunni residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy has long been fraught. The province, bordering Pakistain and Afghanistan, is a base for a Sunni separatist group affiliated with al-Qaeda and known as Jeish al-Adl, or Army of Justice. Security forces have also clashed with narcos in the province, located along a major smuggling route for Afghan opium and heroin. In January, IRGC forces said they killed an unidentified gunman who attacked its intelligence office in the town of Saravan in Sistan-Balochistan, about 1,360 kilometers (850 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran. In late December, the IRGC said it killed six "armed bandidos" in a shootout in the region that also left three of its members dead. Related: Sistan: 2022-04-21 Iran says three Mossad spies arrested Sistan: 2022-03-30 ‘Terror outfits’ regrouping in Balochistan, NA told Sistan: 2022-03-10 7 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in Turbat: ISPR Related: Hossein AlmasiJeish al-Adl: 2022-02-01 Revolutionary Guard Kills Gunman in Attack in Southern Iran Jeish al-Adl: 2021-03-22 Iran blames deadly bomb attack near Pakistan border on ‘terrorist group’ enemies Posted by: trailing wife 2022-04-24 |
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