An Iranian soldier was killed and two pro-government militiamen were wounded in a rebel attack on a border post with Pakistan in south-east Iran, state news agency IRNA reported Wednesday. Commander Ramezan Sharif of the Revolutionary Guards, quoted by IRNA, said a soldier of the elite force was killed and two bassiji Islamist militia volunteers were wounded.
He identified the assailants as members of Jaish-ul Adl (Army of Justice), a Sunni extremist group, and said they suffered "heavy losses" in the attack in the Saravan region on Tuesday. The survivors fled into Pakistan, the officer said. The same group captured five Iranian soldiers in February, four of whom were released in April. The fate of the other man remains unknown.