TEHRAN – Armed militants affiliated with the terrorist group Jaish al-Zulm launched a coordinated assault on a courthouse in Zahedan, the capital of Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan Province, killing six and wounding twenty-two on Saturday morning.

According to local officials, several gunmen stormed the provincial courthouse located on Azadi Street, opening fire inside the building and on civilians in the surrounding area. The attack caused widespread panic and significant damage to nearby properties.

Jaish al-Zulm, a U.S.- and Israeli-backed terrorist group based along Iran’s eastern borders, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Security forces from the IRGC Quds Base responded swiftly to the incident, engaging in a firefight that led to the killing of three militants and the restoration of security at the site. Eyewitnesses reported that the gunmen fired indiscriminately before being confronted by IRGC personnel.

Medical teams from Emergency Unit 115 and Khatam al-Anbiya Hospital provided immediate care to the injured. Dr. Mohammad Hassan Mohammadi, head of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, confirmed that diagnostic and surgical teams had been mobilized to treat the wounded.

The brutal assault in Zahedan marks the latest in a series of terrorist operations targeting Iranian security forces in border regions.

Just a day prior to the Zahedan attack, an IRGC Basij member was martyred and another injured in a separate terrorist assault on an IRGC outpost in Sardasht, a city located in Iran’s northwestern West Azerbaijan Province.

The head of public relations for the IRGC's unit in the province, said that members of an armed terrorist group opened fire on the IRGC base near the village of Aghlan in Sardasht.

The attack, described as a “blind shooting,” resulted in the martyrdom of Meysam Kabiri, a Basij force stationed at the base, and left another individual wounded.

In April, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces delivered a blow to the Jaish al-Zulm terrorist group during an anti-terrorism military operation in Sistan and Baluchestan province, killing a ringleader of the group.

Sistan and Baluchestan province, which borders Pakistan, has witnessed several terrorist attacks targeting both civilians and security forces over the past years.

Terrorist groups carrying out attacks against Iranian interests in the southeastern and southwestern parts of the country are believed to be linked to foreign spy agencies.