Sebanyak 13 prajurit Garda Revolusi tewas pada awal Februari ketika gerilyawan meledakkan sebuah bom mobil di ibukota provinsi itu, Zahedan, dan pasukan keamanan juga bentrok dengan militan di kota itu ketika bom meledak.
Thirteen Revolutionary Guards were killed earlier this month when militants set off a car bomb in the provincial capital Zahedan and security forces also clashed with militants in the city when a percussion bomb exploded.