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01/27/09
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Iran: 10 police die in clashes in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province
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Press TV - Clashes between Iranian police and gunmen in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan
Province have resulted in the deaths of ten officers.
Police officers engaged in clashes with gunmen near the city of Zahedan, the
provincial capital, Sunday night. Ten Iranian police officers were killed. There
have been no reports yet on the number of casualties inflicted on the armed
militants.
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Sistan o
Baluchestan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It is in the
southeast of the country, bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan and its
capital is Zahedan. The province is the largest in Iran, with an area of
181,785 kmē and a population of 4.1 million. |
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The armed confrontation resulted in injuries on both sides.
The surviving gunmen escaped to Pakistan.
The southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, which borders Afghanistan and
Pakistan, has been the scene of battles between Iranian forces and drug and arms
smugglers.
Every year, Iran confiscates a large quantity of drugs and arms from smugglers
and arrests or kills terrorists in the province.
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