The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force has disbanded a team of terrorists in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, killing five gunmen and capturing several others.

The Quds Base of the IRGC Ground Force said in a statement that the terror team, which intended to carry out an act of assassination in Saravan County near the border with Pakistan, was detected and dealt a heavy blow on Wednesday.

The operation involved servicemen from the IRGC Ground Force, the Ministry of Intelligence and the Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), the statement added.

It said an IRGC serviceman was martyred during the armed confrontation.

Iranian forces also seized a consignment of ammunition and weapons from the terrorists’ hideout, according to the statement.

The terror team reportedly planned to carry out attacks across Sistan and Balouchestan Province as part of US and Israeli plots to undermine security in southeastern Iran.

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Sistan and Baluchestan Province, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has witnessed several terrorist attacks targeting civilians and security forces in recent years.

Terrorist groups carrying out attacks against Iranian interests in the southeastern and southwestern parts of the country have been reported to have links to a number of repressive regimes in the Persian Gulf region.

Iranian security forces have maintained a high level of vigilance along the border areas, thwarting numerous terrorist plots by foreign-backed anti-revolution elements across the country.

On September 12, four terrorists were killed, and three Iranian intelligence forces were martyred in an operation targeting a terrorist team that was planning an assassination mission in Saravan County.