File photo of Iranian soldiers marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (Photo: Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua/IANS)
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Iran&rsquo;s Revolutionary Guards said that they killed six &ldquo;armed bandits&rdquo; and lost three of their own men from an allied paramilitary force in a shootout in Sistan-Baluchistan–the country&rsquo;s southeast.</p>
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Iran&#39;s porous border with Pakistan and Afghanistan is known to be notorious for insurgent groups as well as drug smugglers. The Sistan-Baluchistan province is dominated by Sunni Muslims who have been fighting Iran&#39;s Shia-led regime.</p>
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The Guards posted on their Sepah News website that clashes took place in Sistan-Baluchistan near a hideout of militants. &ldquo;Six bandits were killed and five others wounded,&rdquo; the <em>Sepah News </em>report said.<br />
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The three members of the paramilitary force belonged to the Basij–a resistance force under the control of the Guards, <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1667255/six-bandits-three-soldiers-killed-in-irans-southeastern-province">reports <em>Dawn </em>newspaper</a>.<br />
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The attack by the Revolutionary Guards was in retaliation to the killing of two of their personnel on December 25. The statement by the Guards said that they had &ldquo;targeted and killed the perpetrators&rdquo; of the attack that left two of their members dead in the same province.<br />
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The Iranian forces have been battling numerous armed groups in the region with significant losses of their own personnel. In one of the biggest attacks, 27 Guards were killed in a suicide attack on their bus in February 2019.<br />
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Iran has also been fighting the minority Baloch rebels, who are in a majority in Sistan-Baluchistan. The other major rebel group is the jihadist outfit Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice), which has carried out several high-profile bombings and abductions.</p>
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