Islamist insurgency in Iran
| Islamist insurgency in Iran | |||||||
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| Part of 2014 military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | |||||||
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 Iran |
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50+ border guards killed 14 border guards wounded | Unknown | ||||||
Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war and the Iraqi insurgency has led to blowback on both sides of its border.[citation needed]
The eastern border[edit]
A Sunni extremist group, Jaish ul-Adl, or the Army of Justice, based in Pakistan, has been carrying out a program of harassment, train derailments, assassinations and bombings since mid-2013.[1] The group has claimed responsibility for the assassination of a public prosecutor.[2]
On 25 October 2013, Jaish-ul-Adl killed 14 Iranian border guards and wounded six others in the border region near the city of Saravan in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.[3]
The following February, they kidnapped five Iranian border guards, whom they held hostage until one of them was executed at the end of March. In April, the remaining four were freed in a deal.[4]
On October 18, Iranian Brigadier General Hussein Salami stated that Iran may enter Pakistani territory to "prevent terrorists" from crossing the border, after four border guards were killed in Sistan and Baluchistan.[5]
The western border[edit]
On June 2014, ISIL took over the city of Jalawlah near the Iranian border with Iraq; several Iranian media outlets reported a heavy attack on a border guard post near the city of Qasr-e-Shirin on Iranian soil. Reports later suggested at least 11 Iranian border guards were killed in the incident.[6] Al Jazeera reported a joint Iranian-Kurdish operation near Jalawla involving hundreds of Iranian troops who left the next day, but Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham dismissed the reports of any Iranian military presence in Iraq.[7]
On 28 August, jihadi twitter accounts associated with ISIL reported clashes of jihadis sympathetic with ISIS and Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops near the city of Urmia in West Azarbaijan province.[8]
Then on 2 October, there were reports of another ISIL attack near Khoy City, close to Urmia.[9] Al Jazeera reported a joint Iranian-Kurdish operation near Jalawla involving hundreds of Iranian troops who left the next day, but Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham dismissed the reports of any Iranian military presence in Iraq.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Insurgents in Pakistan Stepping Up Iran Strikes". New York Times. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Armed group claims Iran prosecutor's killing". Al Jazeera English. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iran confirms execution of captive soldier by Jaish-ul-Adl terrorists". Al Alam. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "'Four abducted Iranian border guards freed, one dead'". Al Alam. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iran says militants infiltrating from Pakistan". AP/Yahoo! News. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iran Says It's Under Attack by ISIS". The Daily Beast. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iran 'sent soldiers to fight in Iraq'". Al Jazeera English. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iran Says It's Under Attack by ISIS". The Daily Beast. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iran Says It's Under Attack by ISIS". The Daily Beast. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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