Iranian security forces have killed four members of the Pakistan-based Jundullah terrorist group in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-and-Baluchestan.
The four terrorists were shot dead in a surprise operation carried out by Iranian law enforcement officers, IRNA reported, citing accounts provided by an informed source on Tuesday.
A local provincial law enforcement officer also lost his life during the gun battle that took place after the operation got underway.
The police operation followed a series of intelligence gathering and detective work by local and national investigative task forces.
Jundallah terrorists have carried out numerous deadly bombings and assassination attempts in Iran, including several attacks in Iran's Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On December 15, 2010, a terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 90 others, including women and children. The US-backed Jundullah group later claimed responsibility for the deadly bomb attack.
Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi was arrested by Iranian intelligence forces in February 2010 and executed in June of the same year for 79 counts of crimes, including armed robbery, bombing operations and armed attacks on police officers as well as civilians.
Rigi stated in his confessions that he had dealings with the US government and was promised unlimited funds and resources for "waging an insurgency" inside Iran. He was reportedly on his way to meet with senior American authorities at a major US base in Kazakhstan when his plane was brought down by Iranian forces.
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