According to a report by Al Jazeera, on Wednesday April 29, 2026, Three Iranian police officers are dead after armed gunmen ambushed a police patrol in the southeastern province of Sistan- Baluchistan, in what security officials are describing as a calculated and deadly assault on law enforcement forces operating in one of the country’s most volatile regions.
The attack, which unfolded in Zahedan — the provincial capital of Sistan- Baluchistan — began when unidentified armed individuals opened fire on a moving police patrol unit, according to Iran’s official state news agency, IRNA. Initial reports confirmed one officer was killed on the spot, with three additional officers sustaining gunshot wounds during the ambush.
However, the death toll refused to stay still. Hours after the initial attack, state-run broadcaster Press TV confirmed that one of the three injured officers had succumbed to his wounds at a medical facility, raising the death count to two. The situation worsened further when Fars news agency, one of Iran’s prominent semi-official outlets, reported that a third officer had also died — bringing the confirmed fatalities to three officers killed in a single incident.
The Sistan-Baluchestan provincial police command moved swiftly to acknowledge the attack publicly, issuing a statement through IRNA confirming that a full-scale operation was actively underway to track down and arrest those responsible. Authorities described the assault as an “assassination,” language that signals the gravity with which security forces are treating the coordinated strike against its personnel.
The deaths of three officers in a single patrol ambush underscore a persistent and deeply rooted security crisis in the region — one that Iranian authorities have struggled to fully contain despite repeated military and law enforcement operations.
No group has formally claimed responsibility for the Zahedan attack as of the time of reporting, and investigations remain ongoing. Iranian security officials have not disclosed whether the assault bears the hallmarks of any known militant group operating in the border region…Read_More…