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 by AFP Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Jan 2, 2022
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they killed six "armed bandits" in a shootout in the country's southeast that also left three members of a Guards-linked paramilitary force dead. The latest clashes in Sistan-Baluchistan broke out around a hideout of militants near a village in the centre of the province, the Guards said late Saturday on their Sepah News website. Sistan-Baluchistan, bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a flashpoint for clashes with smuggling gangs as well as separatists from the Baluchi minority and extremist militant groups. "Six bandits were killed and five others wounded," the Sepah News report said, while three members of the Basij, a paramilitary force linked to the Guards, also died. No arrests were announced. On Friday, the Guards said they had "targeted and killed the perpetrators" behind an attack that left two of their members dead on December 25 in the same province. On November 18, three police, including a colonel, were killed and six wounded in fighting with an armed group in an area bordering Sistan-Baluchistan. In recent years, the most active rebel group in Sistan-Baluchistan has been the jihadist outfit Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice), which has carried out several high-profile bombings and abductions. In February 2019, 27 Guards were killed in a suicide attack on their bus.
Iran: Biden White House also 'responsible' for Soleimani killing Tehran (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 Iran said Friday the current US administration is also "responsible" for the assassination two years ago of its revered commander Qassem Soleimani, as the Islamic republic started commemorations to mark his death. Former US president Donald Trump sent shock waves through the region on January 3, 2020 with the targeted killing of General Soleimani, who was commander of the Quds Force, the foreign operation's arm of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards. He was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad o ... read more
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