The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says 4 participants of Iran’s protection forces had been killed in a firefight close to the Pakistan border. One member of the elite force, named Mohammad Goudarzi, and 3 participants of the Basij forces – working beneathneath the IRGC – had been killed after a combat with an unnamed “terrorist group”, consistent with a announcement launched via way of means of country media. It stated IRGC floor forces repelled the assault, main to the attackers fleeing to Pakistan.

The incident reportedly passed off in Saravan, withinside the southeastern province of Sistan and Balochistan, close to the Pakistani border. The IRGC did now no longer say the preventing turned into related to the united states of america’s ongoing unrest amid protests that erupted in mid-September after the loss of life in custody of Mahsa Amini, who turned into arrested via way of means of morality police for alleged non-compliance with a obligatory get dressed code for women.

But it has formerly accused “separatist” and “terrorist” corporations withinside the border regions of each Sistan and Balochistan – wherein a majority of Iran’s ethnic Balochis live – and Kurd-majority regions withinside the northwest of the united states of america of sowing unrest. Sistan and Balochistan has visible a number of the deadliest occasions considering the start of the protests. That consists of an incident on September 30, while Amnesty International stated dozens had been killed via way of means of protection forces.

Iran had stated “terrorist” forces had opened fire, killing numerous IRGC participants amongst others, prompting a reaction from protection forces. A protection frame in Iran stated in advance this month that 2 hundred human beings were killed in the course of the unrest considering September, a determine that is plenty decrease than the greater than 450 stated via way of means of overseas-primarily based totally human rights organisations.

Iranian government have accused overseas powers, inclusive of america and Israel, of being at the back of the united states of america’s unrest. State tv on Sunday aired a record pronouncing that Iran’s intelligence ministry arrested some of unidentified folks who had been allegedly running on the behest of Israel to “harm touchy defence industries”.