Attack by gunmen kills 3 members of Revolutionary Guard in southeast Iran

TEHRAN Iran AP Gunmen killed three members of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan near the Pakistan dividing line state media announced The Guard members were ambushed while patrolling near the city of Lar in a mountainous area about kilometers miles southeast of the capital Tehran the official IRNA news agency shared IRNA did not statement whether any Guard members were injured in the attack The Revolutionary Guard is pursing the attackers it calls terrorists but they remain at large No group has taken responsibility for the attack IRNA disclosed The province bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan one of the least developed in Iran has been the site of occasional deadly clashes involving militant groups armed drug guides and Iranian defense forces In August Iran s protection forces killed militants in three separate operations in the province a week after the group killed five policemen who were on patrol Source