Six Iranian border guards killed in a clash near the Pakistan border. According to state media the clash occurred with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country.
The fighting happened in the town of Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan. Some 1,360 kilometres (850 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran. The report says the militants fled the area with casualties but did not elaborate.
According to TV two border guards wounded in the clash. Moreover, doesn’t blame the attack on any group and no group immediately claimed responsibility. Without any additional details.
The area is one of the least developed parts of Iran. The relationship between the predominantly Sunni residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy has long been fraught.
However, on Thursday, the top leaders of Pakistan and Iran inaugurated the first border market as relations warm between the two countries.
Located in the remote village of Pashin in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province. The marketplace is the first of six to be constructed along the Pakistan-Iran border under a 2012 agreement signed by the two sides.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi also inaugurated an electricity transmission line. Moreover, will provide some of Pakistan’s remote regions with Iranian electricity.