Sistan and Baluchestan Province
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Large haul of narcotics seized in southeast Iran
Zahedan, IRNA – The police in the southeast of Iran have seized over 1.5 metric tons (mt) of narcotics in a successful operation against a drug gang.
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Terrorists kill 2 police forces in southeastern Iran
Zahedan, IRNA – In an ambush by armed bandits, two law enforcement personnel were martyred in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan early Saturday.
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Police inflict heavy blow on terror group in SE Iran
Tehran, IRNA – Commander of Iran’s border guard police Ahmad Ali Goudarzi said Wednesday that members of a terrorist group, who were planning to enter the country through the Saravan border to conduct sabotage, faced a heavy blow.
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Terrorists nabbed in Iran’s southeastern province
Zahedan, IRNA - The commander of the police in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan has informed about the arrest of 6 members of terrorist groups this year.
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Lawsuit filed against US over 2019 Khash-Zahedan bombing
Tehran, IRNA - The lawyer representing the families of victims of a deadly terrorist attack in southeastern Iran has announced that a lawsuit has been filed against the US government for supporting regional terrorist groups, including the one responsible for the 2019 bombing in Sistan and Baluchestan province.
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Photo: Hamed Gholami
Water on its way to Sistan
After four years, water returned to the Hirmand River, and in recent days it reached Hamon International Wetland and other water canals. The people of the region watched the water as it poured into Hamon and they went boating. Good rains in the Hirmand catchment basin and the Hamon International Wetland caused flooding in the Hirmand River, the only vital artery of Sistan, and water accumulation in parts of the Hamun-e Sabiri wetland.
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Iran’s Red Crescent assists 57,000 flood victims in Sistan and Baluchestan
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Red Crescent Society has intensified its relief efforts in the flood-stricken regions in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, according to the head of the Red Crescent Society of Sistan and Baluchestan province.
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Death toll rises to 15 in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan terror attacks
Zahedan, IRNA – The death toll from the recent terrorist attacks in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan has risen to 15.
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All 18 terrorists killed by security forces in SE Iran: IRGC
Zahedan, IRNA – The provincial office of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps’ Ground Forces in Sistan and Baluchestan has announced that normalcy has been restored to the cities of the southeastern province after eliminating all 18 terrorists.
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Death toll rises to 11 in SE Iran terror attacks
Zahedan, IRNA - The number of martyrs of the terrorist attack on several military headquarters in Sistan and Baluchistan province has risen to eleven.
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Eight terrorists involved in attacks in southeast Iran killed
Zahedan, IRNA – Eight terrorists who attacked two police and military posts in the cities of Rask and Chabahar in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan have been killed, Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Police Affairs Majid Mirahmadi said Thursday.
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Border guard martyred in southeastern Iran
Zahedan, IRNA – An Iranian border guard has been martyred in Sistan and Baluchestan province’s border area.
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‘Relief operations end in nearly 900 flood-hit villages in Sistan-and-Baluchistan’
Zahedan, IRNA – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced the conclusion of the relief operations in nearly 890 villages hit by severe floods in the southeastern province of Sistan-and-Baluchistan.
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Photo: Mohammad Ali Berno
Livestock vaccination in flooded areas of Sistan and Baluchestan
Floods and rainfall in different parts of southern Sistan and Baluchestan Province have caused a lot of damage and destruction of infrastructures in the southern part of the province. After the end of aid deliveries to the flooded areas, livestock vaccination has begun to prevent further loss of people’s assets.
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Red Crescent assists 59,000 flood victims in southeastern Iran
Tehran, IRNA -- The Iranian Red Crescent Society has intensified its relief efforts in the flood-stricken regions in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.
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Iran plans dam building to prevent more floods in southeast: Raisi
Zahedan, IRNA – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has promised that authorities will pursue dam-building projects to prevent future flooding in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
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Iran president inspects flood-hit areas in southeastern province
Zahedan, IRNA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits Sistan and Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran to follow up the provision of relief services to flood victims.
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Relief workers aid 19,000 flood victims in Sistan and Baluchestan
Tehran, IRNA - The director general of the Red Crescent Society in Sistan and Baluchestan province has said that relief workers have assisted about 19,000 people affected by flooding in the region.
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Heavy machinery sent to flooded Sistan and Baluchestan
Tehran, IRNA- Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development has ordered to speed up relief and rescue efforts in the flood-stricken areas of the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
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Iran arrests nearly 2.3k illegal migrants on southeastern border
Zahedan, IRNA – Border police authorities in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, say they have arrested some 2,285 illegal migrants seeking to penetrate into Iran from the two countries.
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Two terrorists arrested in southeastern Iran: Police
Tehran, IRNA – Police forces have arrested a member of the Daesh terrorist group as well as an element of the Ansar al-Furqan terrorist organization in Sistan and Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran.
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Iran condemns armed attack near border with Pakistan
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has strongly condemned an armed attack by unidentified gunmen on Saturday morning in the suburbs of Saravan, a border town of the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
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Iran arrests country's biggest drug trafficker
Tehran, IRNA – Head of the Anti-Narcotic Police (ANP) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Brigadier General Iraj Kakavand has announced the arrest of the country's biggest drug trafficker identified as Abdol-Hadi Barahouei.
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Iran border guards destroy terrorist group in southeast borderline
Zahedan, IRNA – An Iranian commander has announced that border guards have succeeded in dismantling a terrorist group, who had been trying to enter the country through southeastern borderline.
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Terrorist killed in clashes with IRGC forces in southeastern Iran
Zahedan, IRNA – Ground Force of the Quds base of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) of Sistan and Baluchestan province, in southeastern Iran, has announced that a terrorist agent was killed in the armed clashes with IRGC forces in the province.
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Iran border guards destroy 18 criminal gangs in southeastern Iran
Zahedan, IRNA – An Iranian commander has said that some 18 criminal gangs have been destroyed in border areas of Sistan and Baluchestan province, which is the main point of drug trafficking in Iran.
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Over 1.2 mt of opium seized in southeast Iran
Zahedan, IRNA - The police commander of Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeast Iran says that the force has seized some 1,240,000 kilograms of opium in Golshan city in the province.
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Gunmen kill police officer in southeast Iran
Tehran, IRNA – A police officer has been killed as gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Rask County in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
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Pakistan condemns terrorist attack at Rask Police HQ Iran
Tehran, IRNA - Pakistan has strongly condemned the terrorist attack at Rask Police headquarters in southeastern Iranian Sistan-Balouchestan province leading to the martyrdom of 11 Iranian officials.
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11 police officers martyred in terror attack in southeastern Iran
Zahedan, IRNA - 11 Iranian police officers were martyred in Sistan and Baluchestan province in a terrorist attack on Thursday night in Rusk County.