At least two security officials killed near Iran’s critical Chabahar port

Iran says ‘terrorist groups’ supported from outside the country are targeting security forces.

At least two Iranian security personnel have been killed in separate incidents along the country’s eastern border with Pakistan, adding to a string of attacks near the critical Chabahar port over the past few weeks.

Another officer was killed in a separate attack on a police vehicle, also in Mehrestan, which lies close to Iran’s border with Pakistan.

Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province houses the critical Chabahar port on the country’s eastern flank, where US forces carried out air strikes targeting infrastructure and naval control facilities in July.

In recent months, the region has seen multiple attacks staged by groups that Iran’s government says are “terrorist outfits” being funded and supported from outside the country.

In a separate incident, IRNA reported that “several terrorists” killed a police officer after attacking a convoy patrolling the area.

Earlier this month, IRGC’s Al Quds Force said it killed at least two suspected attackers and destroyed an alleged “terrorist cell” in an operation near Chabahar port.

IRGC said it had recovered a Starlink device, along with a large quantity of weapons, in the group’s mountainous hideout.