IRGC Basij member killed in southeastern Iran attack

Shafaq News – Tehran

Two members of the Basij paramilitary forces were killed in
an armed attack in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday.

According to a statement, a vehicle carrying Mohammad Reza Shahouzehi
came under fire while he was conducting a field patrol along the Khash–Zahedan
highway near the Askulabad area. Two of Shahouzehi’s companions, identified as
Ismail Shaworzi and Mokhtar Shahouzehi, sustained critical injuries and later
died from their wounds.

The statement did not disclose the identity of the
assailants or their motives.

Sistan and Baluchestan, which borders Pakistan and
Afghanistan, has long experienced sporadic unrest involving armed groups. In
July, a Basij member was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a
Revolutionary Guards base near Aghlan village in Sardasht city, West Azerbaijan
province.