In recent weeks, the scope of attacks by armed groups against the security and military forces of the Islamic Republic has expanded in Sistan and Baluchestan.

In the latest attacks, on Wednesday, October 13, a police officer and a Basij commander were killed in Mehrstan.

Mehdi Begi, a member of the editorial team of Iran International, examines the reasons for the increase in armed attacks on the forces of the Islamic Republic in Sistan and Baluchestan in “Appendix”.