Eleven Iranian Police Officers Killed In 'Terrorist Attack' In Southeast

Police in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province said 11 officers were killed and more injured in an armed attack on a police station in the city of Rask, near the Pakistani border, early on December 15. It said some of the attackers had also been "killed or wounded." Deputy Governor Alireza Marhamati described it as a "terrorist attack." State news agency IRNA reported that the Sunni jihadist Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) group, which has repeatedly clashed in the past with border guards and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, had claimed responsibility. To read the original story by Radio Farda, click here.