Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Spokesman: Around two dozen Terrorists killed, scores arrested in southeastern Iran

A local spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that 23 members of terror groups were killed and 46 more were arrested during the ongoing anti-terror exercises, "Security Martyrs," in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Five volunteer forces killed in terrorist attack in southeastern Iran

Five members of Basij volunteer force have been killed in a terrorist attack in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Iran police chief: All militants in Taftan terrorist attack killed or arrested

The head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Force says that all agents involved in the recent deadly terrorist attack in Iran’s southeastern town of Taftan  have been taken out or detained.

IRGC: 10 terrorists eliminated, arrested in southeastern Iran

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Tuesday it has killed four terrorists and arrested six others in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Leader of terrorist group behind deadly attack on Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan border guards killed

The spokesperson for the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced the leader of a terror group behind a deadly attack on border guards in Taftan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, has been killed.

Renowned Iranian Sunni cleric attends introduction ceremony of new governor

The Sunni Friday prayers leader of Iran’s southeastern provincial capital Zahedan, who was previously critical of the Iranian government's handling of the 2022-2023 unrest in the country, attended the introduction ceremony of the first Sunni governor of Sistan and Baluchestan province in the Shia majority country.

UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Iran’s Taftan

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in southeastern Iranian Taftan County in Sistan and Baluchestan province last week that claimed the lives of ten border guards.

IRGC: Four killed, four detained in connection with Iran’s Taftan terrorist attack

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the arrest of four people in connection with the Saturday terrorist attack in the city of Taftan in southeast of the country. It added four more terrorists were also killed and several others were wounded in the operation involving drones.

Ten Iranian border guards killed in terror attack in Sistan and Baluchestan

Ten Iranian border guards were killed in a terrorist attack in the city of Taftan in the Southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Saturday.

Iran’s intelligence forces arrest two terrorist teams in Sistan and Baluchestan

Iranian intelligence forces have identified and arrested two terrorist groups affiliated with the so-called Jaish al-Adl group in the Rask and Sarbaz cities, in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, Fars news agency reported.

Iran dismantles terrorist network in Sistan and Baluchestan

In a significant counter-terrorism operation, Iranian security forces have successfully dismantled a terrorist network based in the southeastern border province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

At least 6 killed in two separate terrorist attacks in Iran

At least six people, including a local commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), have been killed in two separate terrorist attacks in southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Iran vows harsh punishment for perpetrators of terror attack in southeast

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh has warned that the perpetrators of a recent deadly terrorist attack in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan will be dealt with "severely".

IRGC says detained member of Jaish al-Adl terror group in SE Iran

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it has arrested a member of the so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the country’s extreme southeast.

Sunni scholar killed, another injured in shooting in southeast Iran

A Sunni scholar was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in the southeastern Iranian city of Rask on Monday evening, the governor of the town announced.

Four-member terrorist team nabbed in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province

Iranian security forces have arrested a four-member team affiliated to the terrorist group known as Jaish al-Adl, who were planning to carry out sabotage operations inside Iran, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Assailants in deadly attack on ballot box convoy in southeast Iran arrested

The gunmen who launched a bloody armed attack on a vehicle carrying a ballot box in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan last Saturday have been arrested, according to an official statement.

2 security forces killed in gunmen attack on election vehicle in Iran

Unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying election boxes in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan and killed two security forces on Saturday.

Iranian forces get into armed conflict with terrorists in southeastern border

Iranian armed forces engaged on Saturday in a shootout with armed militants in the border city of Saravan, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the commander of the border guards’ headquarters said.

Two terrorists eliminated in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province

In a significant blow, two principal members of the terrorist group Jaish al-Adl were eliminated in the Iranian Sistan and Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran.

Steam rising from Taftan volcano sparks concern among locals in Iran’s southeast

The release of gas and steam from the crater of the semi-active Taftan volcano has been causing concern among residents in the Sistan and Baluchistan region since the last days of May.

Iran arrests several militants in southeastern province

Iranian security forces arrested early on Saturday several militants with the so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Iranian MP calls situation in flood-hit areas of Iran’s southeast as “catastrophic”

An Iranian MP has warned of what he has called the catastrophic situation in the south of the country's Sistan and Baluchestan province following heavy flooding there.

Iran warns flood-affected regions to beware crocodiles

People in the southeastern Iran have been warned to be careful of mugger crocodiles following the massive floods that engulfed the region.

Interior miniater: Hired terrorists keep Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan from development 

Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says efforts are underway to advance very good development programs in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchesta province, warning that terrorists are trying to prevent such efforts from coming to fruition.

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