Iran forces kill six militants

24/8/2025 6:02

Iranian security forces shot

dead six militants in a clash in southeastern Iran on Saturday,

a day after armed rebels killed five police officers in the

restive region, the official news agency IRNA reported.



IRNA said evidence showed the group was linked to Israel and

may have been trained by Israel's Mossad spy agency. There was

no immediate Israeli reaction to the allegation.



Another two members of the militant group were arrested,

the report said. All but one of the militants were foreign, it

added, without giving their nationality.



Iranian police said this month they had



arrested



as many as 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war with

Israel in June.



Iran's southeast has been the scene of sporadic clashes

between security forces and armed groups, including Sunni

militants and separatists who say they are fighting for greater

rights and autonomy.



Tehran says some of them have ties to foreign powers and are

involved in cross-border smuggling and insurgency.