Overview

• Gunmen disguised as visitors launched a grenade and gunfire assault on the Zahedan judicial building.
• At least five civilians—including a mother and her one-year-old child—were killed and 13 others injured in the attack.
• IRGC and local security forces engaged the assailants and killed all three militants after a fierce exchange of fire.
• Jaish al-Adl, designated a terrorist organization by Iran and the U.S., claimed responsibility and framed the strike as part of its Sunni Baloch separatist insurgency.
• The incident underscores the group’s cross-border operations from Pakistan-based bases that facilitate smuggling and guerrilla raids.