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The forces\u2019 commander, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said on Friday that the drills were underway involving the servicemen enlisted with the IRGC\u2019s Quds Headquarters.<\/p>\n
He said the drills had been scheduled to go underway later this month, but were launched on October 26 following a foreign-backed terrorist attack on a police convoy in the province that claimed the lives of 10 police forces.<\/p>\n
The “ongoing” exercise, said the commander, features the identification, pursuit, and destruction of some foreign-backed terrorist teams, PressTV reported.<\/p>\n
“It is being conducted in a real operational environment and will continue in several phases until specific operational objectives are achieved,” he said, adding, “Currently, there is no set end date for the exercise.”<\/p>\n
According to Brigadier General Ahmad Shafaei, the headquarters\u2019 deputy commander, the drills had so far led to the arrest of eight members of four terror teams and the elimination of four other terrorists.<\/p>\n
Those eliminated included a major member of the terrorist outfit that perpetrated the attack on Iranian security forces in the province\u2019s city of Taftan on October 26, the official stated on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly ambush. The foreign-backed outfit, which is based in Pakistan, has been involved in numerous assaults targeting both civilians and security forces across the border province over the past several years.<\/p>\n
According to Shafaei, the IRGC\u2019s operations \u201cdelivered serious blows to the enemy\u2019s proxy terror teams in the province.\u201d<\/p>\n
A significant amount of weapons and ammunition has also been discovered and seized from the terrorist teams, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The successful operations took place in cooperation with the intelligence forces of the province\u2019s General Intelligence Directorate and Law Enforcement Force, he added.<\/p>\n
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