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| At Least 30 Fatemiyoun Fighters Killed or Wounded in Attacks in Southeastern Iran, Rights Group Says |
| 2026-10-14 |
| [KhaamaPress] At least 30 members of the Fatemiyoun militia were killed or maimed in two separate armed attacks in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province on Tuesday, according to the Haalvsh human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... group. Haalvsh reported that more than 20 Fatemiyoun members were killed or maimed in an ambush in the Chah Ahmad area of Taftan County. The group said the fighters had been sent into the mountainous area, where gunnies opened fire on them. IranWire also reported Haalvsh’s account of the Taftan festivities, which lasted for more than seven hours, according to the rights group. In a separate incident, Haalvsh said a Toyota Hilux pickup truck and a cycle of violence carrying Fatemiyoun members came under gunfire in the Ramin area of Chabahar County on Tuesday afternoon. The attack reportedly left 10 people dead or maimed. Haalvsh also reported that the fighters had been based at a facility in Ahmad village and were attacked after leaving the compound. The identities of the button men and their possible affiliation were not immediately clear. The reported attacks come amid a series of armed confrontations in Sistan and Baluchestan in recent weeks. Iranian media has reported previous attacks on Fatemiyoun members in the province, including an October 2 incident near Zahedan in which at least five members were reported killed, according to Haalvsh. Iranian authorities had not publicly commented on the two reported attacks involving Fatemiyoun members at the time of publication. The Fatemiyoun Division is a militia composed largely of Afghan fighters and operating under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force. Related: Fatemiyoun: 2026-07-05 Names and Titles of Attendees at the Ayatollah's Funeral - Can't tell the players without a scorecard Fatemiyoun: 2026-04-13 Tehran has turned into a barracks for foreign militias under IRGC command Fatemiyoun: 2026-04-06 IRGC deployed Afghan militia in Tehran Saturday Related: Sistan and Baluchestan province: 2026-10-13 Gunmen attack police post as clashes intensify in southeast Iran Sistan and Baluchestan province: 2026-10-09 Iranian police officer killed in attack on patrol in Sistan and Baluchestan Sistan and Baluchestan province: 2026-09-26 Clashes continued in Saravan early Thursday as military drones fly over city |
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