Overview

• On July 26, gunmen disguised as visitors stormed a courthouse in Zahedan, detonating a grenade and opening fire to kill five civilians, among them a mother and her one-year-old child, and injure 13 others.
• Security forces, including units from the IRGC, engaged the assailants after the blast and shot dead three attackers during the ensuing clashes.
• Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility in a Telegram post, urging civilians to evacuate the area for their safety as its fighters have escalated strikes in recent months.
• Sistan-Baluchestan province, one of Iran’s poorest regions, has long seen Sunni Baloch militants wage an insurgency over economic marginalization and political exclusion.
• Tehran accuses groups like Jaish al-Adl of using border sanctuaries in Pakistan and Afghanistan and has repeatedly pressed Islamabad to help stem cross-border militancy.