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Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Part of the Balochistan conflict
Map of Iran with Sistan and Baluchestan province highlighted
Date
2004 – present
Location
Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
Status
Ongoing
Belligerents
Iran
Jundallah (2004–2011)
Harakat Ansar (2012–2013)
Jaish ul-Adl (2013–present)
Ansar Al-Furqan (2013–present)
Commanders and leaders
Ali Khamenei
Ali Shamkhani (2004–2005)
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2005–2013)
Ahmad Vahidi (2013–present)
Hossein Dehghan (2013–2017)
Amir Hatami (2017–2021)
Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani (2021–present)
Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (2004–2005)
Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2005–2008)
Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi (15 May 2008–5 August 2008)
Ali Kordan (12 August 2008–4 November 2008)
Kamran Daneshjoo (4 November 2008–24 December 2008)
Sadegh Mahsouli (2008–2009)
Hassan Firouzabadi (2004–2016)
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–present)
Hassan Firouzabadi (2004–2016)
Mohammad Bagheri (2016–present)
Mohammad Salimi (2004–2005)
Ataollah Salehi (2005–2017)
Abdolrahim Mousavi (2017–present)
Nasser Mohammadifar (2004–2005)
Mohammad-Hossein Dadras (2005–2008)
Ahmad Reza Pourdastan (2008–2016)
Kioumars Heydari (2016–present)
Yahya Rahim Safavi (2004–2007)
Mohammad Ali Jafari (2004–2019)
Hossein Salami (2019–present)
Ahmad Kazemi (2005–2006)
Mohammad Reza Zahedi (2006–2008)
Mohammad Jafar Asadi (2008–20)
Mohammad Pakpour (2009–present)
Nur-Ali Shushtari (2004–2009) †
Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam (2004–2016)
Hossein Ashtari (2016–2023)
Ahmad-Reza Radan (2023–present)
Abdolmalek Rigi (2004–2009)
Abdolhamid Rigi (2009–2010)
Muhammad Dhahir Baluch (2010–present)
Salahuddin Farooqui (2011–present)
Mohammad Shafi (2012–2013) †
Abu Hafs al Baloochi (2013–2015) †
Jalil Qanbarzehi (2015–2017) †
Mullah Akram Naroi †
Units involved
Border Guard Army Revolutionary Guard Ministry of Intelligence
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Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Zahedan (2007)
Zahedan (2009)
Pishin (2009)
Arrest of Abdolmalek Rigi
Zahedan (2010)
Chabahar (2010)
Chabahar (2018)
Khash–Zahedan (2019)
2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan
Chabahar and Rask (2024)
The Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency is an ongoing low-intensity[1] asymmetric conflict[2] in Sistan and Baluchestan Province between Iran and several Baloch Sunni militant organizations[3] designated as terrorist organizations by the Iranian government.[4] It began in 2004 and is part of the wider Balochistan conflict.[5]
^Roksana Bahramitash; Eric Hooglund (March 2011). Gender in Contemporary Iran: Pushing the Boundaries. Taylor & Francis. p. 158. ISBN 9781136824265.
^Poyraz Serdar (November 2009), "Turkish-Iranian Relations: A Wider Perspective" (PDF), SETA FOUNDATION FOR POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015
^Chip Cummins (19 October 2009). "Volatile Sistan-Baluchistan Region Is Base for Insurgents". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^"IRGC wipes out terrorist cell in Sistan-Baluchistan". Radio Zamaneh. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Zia Ur Rehman (May 2014), "The Baluch insurgency: linking Iran to Pakistan" (PDF), The Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2016
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