What happened in Zahedan after the Revolutionary Guards operation in Sistan-Baluchistan province?

IRNA said security forces discovered and confiscated explosive packages during the operation. The report did not name the six people killed or provide any further details about the incident.

Why is Sistan-Baluchistan province frequently affected by clashes and violence?

The province sits on Iran’s border with Pakistan and Afghanistan and is described as a major drug trafficking route. The report also says it often sees clashes involving security forces, Sunni militants and separatists.

What other unrest was reported in Zahedan around the same time?

Haalvsh said fighting between military and security forces and armed individuals began on Thursday morning. Separately, Fars news agency said an explosion was heard in Zahedan on Wednesday, but it caused no damage.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards kill six 'terrorists' in restive region, IRNA news agency reports

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed six members of a terrorist group in Zahedan, in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, IRNA reported on Thursday. Security forces also found and confiscated explosive packages. The report did not identify the six people killed or give further details on the incident.

Key Facts

Zahedan is the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran and borders Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The province is described as a major drug trafficking route and a region often hit by clashes involving security forces, Sunni militants and separatists.
Human rights group Haalvsh said fighting between military and security forces and armed individuals started on Thursday morning.
Fars news agency reported that an explosion was heard in Zahedan on Wednesday without causing damage.

By Reuters

Published Oct 1, 2026 10:21 pm KST

One of supporters of Iran-aligned armed factions holds up a portrait of Qassem Soleimani, the slain commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad in early 2020, during a rally celebrating the withdrawal of forces of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State from Iraq, in Baghdad, Sept. 30. AFP-Yonhap

Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed six members of a "terrorist" group on Thursday, the IRNA state news agency reported, in a region often hit by clashes between the security forces and armed groups, including Sunni militants and separatists.

The killings occurred in Zahedan, capital of the impoverished Sistan-Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan and is a major drug trafficking route.

The IRNA report said security forces had discovered and confiscated explosive packages. It did not identify the six people killed and gave no further information on the incident.

Tehran accuses some armed groups of ties to foreign powers and involvement in cross-border smuggling.

Human rights group Haalvsh, which monitors Sistan-Baluchistan, said fighting between military and security forces and armed individuals had started on Thursday morning.

Separately, the sound of an explosion was heard on Wednesday in Zahedan without causing any damage, Fars news agency reported, citing the city's administrative office.

The reports came as Tehran weighs a U.S. response to its latest proposal to revive the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf and prepares for a possible resumption of large-scale U.S. military attacks after 7 months of conflict that began with U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28.

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