At least a dozen people and possibly up to 23 have been killed in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province where the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of the Iranian Armed Forces and security forces have used lethal force against fuel couriers from ethnic minorities and protesters, the United Nations said on Friday.
Iran is investigating an incident in which at least two Iranians were shot dead this week at the border with Pakistan, and Islamabad has handed over the body of one of the victims, the Iranian foreign ministry said a week ago.
The shooting of people carrying fuel across the border led to protests that spread from the city of Saravan to other areas in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, including the capital, Zahedan.
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At least a dozen people and possibly up to 23 have been killed in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province where the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of the Iranian Armed Forces and security forces have used lethal force against fuel couriers from ethnic minorities and protesters, the United Nations said on Friday. Iran is investigating an incident in which at least two Iranians were shot dead this week at the border with Pakistan, and Islamabad has handed over the body of one of the victims, the Iranian foreign ministry said a week ago. The shooting of people carrying fuel across the border led to protests that spread from the city of Saravan to other areas in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, including the capital, Zahedan. Iran is investigating an incident in which at least two Iranians were shot dead this week at the border with Pakistan, and Islamabad has handed over the body of one of the victims, the Iranian foreign ministry said a week ago. The shooting of people carrying fuel across the border led to protests that spread from the city of Saravan to other areas in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, including the capital, Zahedan. border area border area
