Drug traffickers kill 11 revolutionary guards in Iran
July 22, 2007 00:00:00
TEHRAN, July 21 (AFP): Eleven members of Iran's elite revolutionary guards have been killed in clashes with drug traffickers and rebels in the southeastern province of Sistan- Baluchestan, a newspaper said on Saturday.
"The clashes happened on Thursday night with armed traffickers and rebels. Nine guards and members of the basij (militia) were also wounded," Ghasem Hasanzadeh, a spokesman for the guards, was quoted as saying by the government daily Iran.
