4 more terrorists killed during IRGC’s counterterrorism op. in SE Iran
The Ground Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have killed four more terrorists during an ongoing counterterrorism operation in the country’s southeast.
The development took place in the village of Firouzabad in Rask County in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where the servicemen of the Ground Forces’ Quds Headquarters have been carrying out the “Martyrs of Security” exercises since late last month.
Brigadier General Ahmad Shafayi, the headquarters’ deputy commander, referred to those killed as “the global arrogance’s mercenary terrorists.”
An IRGC serviceman, identified as Mohammad-Reza Rostaminezhad, who used to be enlisted with the Corps’ special forces, was martyred and three people, namely two women and a man, were wounded during the confrontation, added the official.
The trio was wounded after the terrorists, who had lost hope of escaping the situation, began to fire aimlessly towards the nearby main road, striking a passing civilian vehicle, he said.
The wounded were immediately taken to available medical facilities by the Corps’ servicemen, and are currently receiving treatment, Shafayi noted.
The official said the clashes also led to the discovery and confiscation of a vehicle and a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition.
“[Persistent] efforts are underway towards pursuit and elimination of the remnants of the terror group,” Shafayi stated.
So far during the operation, the Corps has either killed or arrested dozens of terrorists, including 10 terrorists, who were eliminated or apprehended in the southern part of the province earlier this week.
The drills had been scheduled to go underway later this month, but were launched on October 26 following a foreign-backed terrorist attack on a police convoy in the province that claimed the lives of 10 police forces.
The so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group that has carried out numerous attacks in Iran, primarily in Sistan and Baluchestan, claimed responsibility for the attack, which was one of the deadliest to take place in the province in recent months.
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