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Iran Revolutionary Guard Says Foiled Attack on Southeastern Military Checkpoint

© AFP 2023 / Hossein MERSADI / FARS NEWSMembers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard secure the area outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex in the capital Tehran on June 7, 2017
Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard secure the area outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex in the capital Tehran on June 7, 2017 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that a day before it had prevented an attack on military checkpoint in the country's southeast and eliminated several terrorists.

"Last night, terrorists and gunmen attempted a suicide attack using a car rigged with explosives, targeting one of the IRGC land forces’ sentry posts in Saravan County," IRGC said in a statement published on its news website Sepahnews.

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According to the statement, Iranian forces managed to prevent the attack, destroying the vehicle while also killing two terrorists.

The county, located close to the Iran-Pakistan border, regularly witnesses attacks on Iranian border guards.

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