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Iranian authorities: “A terrorist operative group” carried out the explosion (Getty)
The ground weapon of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced on Sunday that one person died and three others were injured in a “terrorist explosion”, in a square in the city of Sarawan in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan, southeastern Iran.
The “Al-Quds” headquarters of the ground forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said in a brief statement, published by Iranian television, that the explosion took place in a square in the city of Sarawan this morning, indicating that a woman was he was among those passing wounded.
He added that a “terrorist operative group” carried out the explosion, without naming it. However, it is most likely that the opposition group “Army of Justice” in Iran, which carries out attacks from time to time in the provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan, carried out attacks.
The opposition group, which includes several Baluchis along with other groups in Iran’s southeastern border strip with Pakistan, has carried out several attacks in recent years in Sistan and Balochistan province against Iranian forces, notably in February 2019, after targeting a Revolutionary Guard Bus, en route to Zahedan, the center of the governorate, which left 27 dead and 13 wounded.
And another attack last month in the city of “Nikshahr” in southeastern Iran, killing three Iranian “Basij” forces and wounding another during an armed confrontation, in addition to the death of two of the attackers, according to statements by Qassem Hassanzadeh. , public relations officer at the headquarters of “Al-Quds” Ground Forces of the Revolutionary Guard.
The city of Sarawan, where the explosion occurred on Sunday, has seen protests over the past month, following the killing and wounding of Iranian Baloch porters on the Iran-Pakistan border after they were shot and protesters stormed the city headquarters. mayor and broke his windows.
The Iranian authorities accused the “Army of Justice” group of being behind these protests and inciting citizens to them.
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