IRGC Basij commander killed in terrorist attack in Iran’s Zahedan
A commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Basij force has been killed in a terrorist attack in Iran’s southeastern city of Zahedan.
The IRGC Ground Force’s regional Quds Base said in a statement on Monday that Javad Karim Koshteh, the commander of the Basij resistance base, was killed while on duty at Imam Hadi mosque in Zahedan’s Shirabad district on Sunday.
The commander was martyred a day after an attack by militants from the so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group on a courthouse in Zahedan killed six people, including a woman and a one-year-old child, and injured 23 others.
In April, the IRGC Ground Forces delivered a blow to the Jaish al-Adl terrorist group during an anti-terrorism military operation in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, killing a ringleader of the group.
Sistan and Baluchestan, which borders Pakistan, has witnessed several terrorist attacks targeting both civilians and security forces over the past years.
Terrorist groups carrying out attacks against Iranian interests in the southeastern and southwestern parts of the country are believed to be linked to foreign spy agencies.
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