Militants kill one policeman in southeast Iran: Media
'A policeman from Saravan was killed while terrorists were trying to enter the police station' in that area of Sistan-Baluchistan, the Tasnim news agency said.
The attackers were members of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl ('Army of Justice' in Arabic) based in Pakistan and active in Iran's southeast, the agency said.
'Three terrorists were killed and two were arrested,' Tasnim said.
Sistan-Baluchistan, which shares a long border with Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been the site of frequent clashes between security forces and insurgents or smugglers.
The province hosts a significant population from the Baloch ethnic minority, which practices Sunni Islam in Shia-majority Iran.
On July 26, gunmen stormed a courthouse in the province's capital Zahedan, killing at least six people, in an attack that was later claimed by Jaish al-Adl.
In one of the deadliest attacks in the province, 10 police officers were killed in October.
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