2024 Chabahar and Rask clashes

2024 Chabahar and Rask clashes
Part of the Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Date4 April 2024
Location
Chabahar, Rask and Sarbaz, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran[1][2]
Result Jaish al-Adl fails to seize IRGC headquarters
Belligerents

 Iran

 Jaish ul-Adl
Casualties and losses
16 killed 16–18 killed

In the southeastern border province of Sistan and Balochistan, an attack on an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters happened on the night of 4 April 2024. At least 16 Iranian security force members were killed in this attack. The clashes occurred in the towns of Chabahar, Rask and Sarbaz.[1][2][3] Jaish ul-Adl, a Sunni armed group, was involved in the attack and lost at least 16 members during the clashes. This incident is one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Jaish ul-Adl. The region has a predominantly Sunni Muslim population and has witnessed frequent clashes between Iranian security forces and militants.[4][5] The attack took place following an Israeli missile strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria that killed Quds Force Brigadier-General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy, General Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi.[6][7][8][9]

Jaish al-Adl in a statement announced that the purpose of this attack was to counter the Iranian government's plan titled "Makran Coastal Development Plan", which through that, the IRI government is building planned settlements on the coast of Baluchistan and plans to move 7 million Shia people from the Fatemiyoun and Zainbiyoun groups to this area and settle them.[10]

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