Iran’s state-run IRNA information says 32 Islamic Revolutionary Guard members, together with volunteer Basiji forces, have been additionally wounded.
An assault by armed separatists on a police station in a southeastern metropolis killed 19 folks, together with 4 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The assailants in Friday’s assault hid amongst worshippers close to a mosque within the metropolis of Zahedan after which stormed the close by police station, the state-run IRNA information company reported on Saturday.
Hossein Modaresi, the provincial governor, was quoted as saying 19 folks have been killed. The information outlet mentioned 32 Guard members, together with volunteer Basiji forces, have been additionally wounded in clashes.
It was not instantly clear if the assault was associated to nationwide anti-government protests gripping Iran after the dying in police custody of a younger Iranian lady.
Sistan and Baluchestan province borders Afghanistan and Pakistan and has seen earlier assaults on safety forces by ethnic Baluchi separatists.
Tasnim and different state-linked Iranian information retailers reported the top of the Guard’s intelligence division, Seyyed Ali Mousavi, was shot throughout the assault and later died.
It’s not uncommon for Revolutionary Guard members to be current at police bases across the nation.
Ongoing protests
1000’s of Iranians have taken to the streets over the past two weeks to protest the dying of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old lady who had been detained by the “morality police” within the capital of Tehran for allegedly sporting her headband too loosely.
The protesters have vented their anger over the remedy of ladies and wider repression in Iran.
Iranian state TV has reported at the least 41 protesters and police have been killed because the demonstrations started on September 17.