Overview
- Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed at least five Iranian security officers and wounded another 10 in two separate attacks.
- The militant group Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attacks on military installations in Rask and Chabahar.
- At least eight terrorists were killed during exchanges of fire with security forces.
- The area has been the site of occasional deadly clashes involving militants, armed drug smugglers, and Iranian security forces.
- Relations between the predominantly Sunni Muslim residents of the region and Iran's Shiite theocracy have long been strained.