Iran's Revolutionary Guards kill four Sunni militants near Pakistan border
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LONDON - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had killed four militants at a border crossing with Pakistan in an area where armed Sunni groups often attack military and civilian targets.
Iran has stepped up security in border areas after five gunmen killed 25 people at a military parade in the southwest on Saturday. The incident reported on Friday happened on the other side of the country in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
"Iranian forces killed four terrorists and wounded two. Other members of the terrorist group fled to the neighbouring country (Pakistan)," the Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement published by state broadcaster IRIB.
No Iranian forces were harmed, it said.
The Guards said the group was linked to the "world's arrogant power", without elaborating. Tehran accuses the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia of funding Sunni militants, something they deny.
