Drug traffickers kill 11 revolutionary guards in Iran
Sunday, 22 July 2007
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.
"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.