{"id":17655,"date":"2025-08-28T03:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17655"},"modified":"2025-08-28T03:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:04:42","slug":"iran-says-killed-13-militants-in-restive-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17655","title":{"rendered":"Iran says killed 13 militants in restive southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"
Clashes during a raid in Iran’s restive southeast killed at least 13 militants as well as a Revolutionary Guard, state media reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A Revolutionary Guards statement carried by state television said that “13 terrorists have been killed and a number of others arrested” in Sistan-Baluchistan province, which has seen a spate of violent clashes in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

The broadcaster said that some of those killed were suspected of being behind an ambush reported on Friday that killed five policemen in Iranshahr.<\/p>\n

Iranshahr is one of three cities, alongside Khash and Saravan, where the Guards’ statement said security operations were carried out.<\/p>\n

“During the operations, unfortunately, one IRGC member was martyred and another was injured,” Revolutionary Guards commander Hassan Mortazavi was quoted as saying by state TV.<\/p>\n

Mortazavi added that a “kidnapped citizen was released and returned to their family”.<\/p>\n

Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has long been a flashpoint for clashes between security forces and armed groups, including drug traffickers and separatists.<\/p>\n

Sunni jihadist group Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) claimed responsibility for last week’s ambush, in a post on the Telegram messaging app.<\/p>\n

Iran regularly reports deadly attacks in the province targeting police or Revolutionary Guards, which authorities often blame on Sunni militant groups, including Jaish al-Adl.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Iranian forces killed six militants in another raid in the province, saying they were members of a group linked to arch enemy Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clashes during a raid in Iran’s restive southeast killed at least 13 militants as well as a Revolutionary Guard, state media reported Wednesday. A Revolutionary Guards statement carried by state television said that “13 terrorists have been killed and a number of others arrested” in Sistan-Baluchistan province, which has seen a spate of violent clashes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}