Overview

• Unknown gunmen attacked a Zahedan court complex on July 26, firing rifles and hurling grenades that killed six people, including a child, and wounded 20
• Security forces engaged the assailants on site, killing three attackers and restoring control of the courthouse
• The semiofficial Tasnim news agency credited the militant group Jaish al-Adl with carrying out the operation
• This incident marks an escalation in the insurgency as separatist fighters shift from ambushing security convoys to targeting judicial institutions
• Sistan and Baluchestan’s chronic underdevelopment and sectarian tensions, along with porous borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan, continue to drive militant activity