INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed at least five Iranian security forces in two separate &terrorist& attacks on Iran&s Revolutionary
Guards headquarters in the country&s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state media reported on Thursday.At least 15 militants
were killed in overnight clashes between the militants from the Jaish al-Adl group and security forces in the Iranian towns of Chabahar and
Rask in the impoverished province, state TV said.&The terrorists failed to succeed achieving their goal of seizing the Guards headquarters
in Chabahar and Rask,& deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi told state TV.State TV said 10 other security officers were also injured in
the clashes in the area, which has a predominantly Sunni Muslim population, Reuters reported.An extremist Sunni Muslim militant group, Jaish
al-Adl says it seeks greater rights and better living conditions for ethnic minority Baluchis in Shi&ite dominated Iran
It has claimed responsibility for several attacks in recent years on Iranian security forces in the country&s southeastern province.The
area, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, has long been the site of frequent clashes between Iranian security forces and Sunni
militants, as well as well-armed drug traffickers and Iranian security forces, read the report.Iran is a key transit route for narcotics
smuggled from Afghanistan to the West and elsewhere.In December, the militant group attacked a police station in the town of Rask, killing
11 security personnel and wounding several others.In January, Iran targeted two bases of the militant group in Pakistan with missiles,
prompting a rapid military riposte from Islamabad targeting what it said were separatist militants in Iran.The post Five security forces
killed in ‘terrorist attacks& in Iran, state media says first appeared on Ariana News.
