Tehran, Jan 1 (IANS): Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has claimed that they have killed three people who were behind the assassination of its two members.
The IRGC on Friday did not mention the time and place of the operation, which comes as a retaliation for the killings of its two servicemen on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The two servicemen, Mehran Shourizadeh and Mohsen Kaykhaa'i, were murdered on duty by armed men in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan and Baluchestan.
Iranian forces frequently engage in clashes with thugs and terrorists near the country's western and eastern borders.