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separatist/religious insurgency being waged against the government of Iran
The insurgency in Sistan and Balochistan is an ongoing low-intensity asymmetric conflict in the Sistan and Balochistan province of Iran, undertaken by several Sunni Baloch militant organizations. These groups have been designated as terrorist organizations by the Iranian government. It began in 2004 and is part of the wider insurgency in the Balochistan region.
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The insurgency in Sistan and Balochistan is an ongoing low-intensity asymmetric conflict in the Sistan and Balochistan province of Iran, undertaken by several Sunni Baloch militant organizations. These groups have been designated as terrorist organizations by the Iranian government. It began in 2004 and is part of the wider insurgency in the Balochistan region.
Analysts believe that the aim of insurgents may differ from separatism to religious motivations, but they are not entirely clear. The leaders of the groups have maintained different positions: from Baloch nationalism to Salafi jihadism.
In December 2005, a bomb exploded near a car carrying then president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during an ambush in the province, resulting in the death of one of his bodyguards and another individual.
On 14 February 2007, a car bomb detonated in front of a bus transporting members of Iran's revolutionary guard corps in Zehedan reportedly resulting in the death of 11 and injury of 34 others.
On 29 January 2019, a double-bombing lightly wounded three police officers in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Balochistan province. Jaysh al-Adl claimed responsibility.
On 2 February, an IRGC soldier was killed and five others wounded in an insurgent attack on a Basij base in Nik Shahr city. Jaysh al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack. According to Arab news, the attack was carried out by two people who climbed the walls of the Basij paramilitary base and started shooting. On 13 February, a suicide car bomb attack targeting a bus carrying IRGC personnel on the Khash-Zahedan road killed at least 27 soldiers and wounded 13 more. Jaysh al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack. According to Haaretz, the head of IRGC Maj. Mohammad Ali Jafari stated, without providing proof, that Israel gave the Emirates and Saudi Arabia the go ahead to conduct the attack. On 21 March, Pakistan announced that it had rescued four Iranian soldiers kidnapped by the Jaysh al-Adl group last year. It did not announce any other details. Jaysh al-Adl had kidnapped 12 Iranian soldiers in October and later released five. Following the announcement, there were still three Iranian soldiers held by the group. On 20 July, two members of the IRGC were killed and another two wounded late at night during a confrontation with gunmen near the border with Pakistan. The confrontation occurred in Keshtegan area of Saravan County, province of Sistan and Balochistan.
On 30 June 2020, Jaysh al-Adl claimed responsibility for a roadside IED blast that injured an IRGC commander on a road in Sistan and Balochistan Province. On 5 August, four police officers were injured when a sound bomb exploded next to their vehicle in Zahedan, capital of Sistan and Balochistan Province, Iran. On 29 September, three Basij members were killed and another was wounded in a drive-by shooting in Nik Shahr county, Sistan-Balochistan province.
On 1 January 2022, the IRGC said in a statement that during clashes with a group of "armed terrorists" in the Kurin region of Sistan and Balochistan province, three Basij members were killed in addition to six "terrorists". On 23 April, the Quds Regional Headquarters of the IRGC announced that a bodyguard was killed after terrorists opened fire at the car of Brigadier General Hosein Almasi was the commander of the 110th Salman Farsi Special Operations Brigade following an ambush at a military checkpoint near Zahedan.
In January 2023, one IRGC soldier was killed in one attack. Two more were killed during another attack on a police office. In March, one ranking intelligence agent killed in hostage taking and patrol attacked undisclosed kills and one Saravan border soldier killed. Government was warned of trouble if water is not supplied. In April, the Saravan Police Chief was killed in an armed attack. His wife was also seriously injured in this attack. In June, five soldiers were killed at the border with Pakistan. In July, Four police killed on ambush. Four attackers and two police officers killed during an attack on a police station.
In January 2024, Iran's security forces attacked the militants' hideout, killing 9 suspected fighters, including Mullah Akram Naroi who had reportedly been involved in an earlier attack on Rask police station. During the 2024 Iran–Pakistan conflict Iran carried out a missile and drone strike against militant groups in Pakistan. Pakistan retaliated with air and drone strikes against militants in Iranian territory.
On 3 April, Militants allegedly belonging to Jaysh al-Adl attacked the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters in Rask and Chabahar counties, part of southern Sistan province. The militants killed 11 security personnel. On 6 November, On November 6, twelve Jaysh al-Adl militants were killed, including the group's leader Salahuddin Farooqui, in a joint operation by Iran and Pakistan. By November 24, the Iranian military reported 76 suspected militants killed.
In December 2025, the People's Fighters Front (PFF) claimed responsibility for an attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) personnel, killing at least 3 people near Zahedan. In January 2026, during the Iranian protests, a PFF militant killed Mahmoud Haqiqat, the police chief of Iranshahr. During the 2026 Iran war, The PFF's Council of Scholars held Iran responsible for the war and vowed more conflicts against it. Later, Iranian security and military forces repeatedly clashed with PFF fighters in June and September 2026, resulting in casualties on both sides.
Pakistan is Iran's neighbour, sharing the borders of its Balochistan with Sistan and Balochistan. Pakistan's Balochistan province is also suffering from low-level insurgency waged by terrorist and separatist militants against the government of Pakistan. These Pakistani Baloch terrorist and separatist militant groups are allied with Iranian Baloch groups. Iran and Pakistan historically have a strategic alliance fighting these groups. In February 2014 the two states signed a pact sharing responsibility for combating militants operating across the border. According to a former U.S. intelligence officer, Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi was captured by Pakistani officials and delivered to Iran with U.S. support: "It doesn't matter what they say. They know the truth."
Iran has long accused foreign states supporting insurgency in Sistan and Balochistan. Several sources such as the ABC News, The New York Times, Daily Telegraph and Seymour Hersh have reported that Jundallah has received support from the United States. Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and Sweden are other states allegedly sponsoring the group.
Claims of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) support were debunked by a subsequent investigation showing that the CIA "had barred even the most incidental contact with Jundallah." The rumors originated in an Israeli Mossad "false flag" operation; Mossad agents posing as CIA officers met with and recruited members of Jundullah in cities such as London to carry out attacks against Iran. President George W. Bush "went absolutely ballistic" when he learned of Israel's actions, but the situation was not resolved until President Barack Obama's administration "drastically scaled back joint U.S.-Israel intelligence programs targeting Iran" and ultimately designated Jundallah a terrorist organization in November 2010. Although the CIA cut all ties with Jundallah after the 2007 Zahedan bombings, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and United States Department of Defense continued to gather intelligence on Jundallah through assets cultivated by "FBI counterterrorism task force officer" Thomas McHale; the CIA co-authorized a 2008 trip McHale made to meet his informants in Afghanistan. According to The New York Times: "Current and former officials say the American government never directed or approved any Jundallah operations. And they say there was never a case when the United States was told the timing and target of a terrorist attack yet took no action to prevent it." Mashregh News, which has close ties to the IRGC, has accused Qatar of supporting both Jaish ul-Adl and Harakat Ansar Iran, alongside Saudi Arabia. Harakat Ansar Iran has made an appeal on Saudi Arabian websites for funding.
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