Mizan - Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei met with a group of officials from Iranian eastern Sunni-dominated province of Sistan and Baluchistan.    

By TheWashington Post TEHRAN, Iran An Iranian semi-official news agency reports attackers opened fire on a checkpoint in southeastern Iran, killing two policemen. The report by Fars news agency said the attack happened before dawn Friday morning, near the town of Sarbaz in Sistan-Baluchistan province near the Pakistani border. It says four ...

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TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) IRGC deputy-commander has said Iran would inevitably act if neighbors show incompetence in dealing with threats against Iran from their side of borders. Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami who was speaking to the press in 110thSalman Farsi Infantry Commando Brigade in Sistan and Baluchistan said that Irans policy of noninterference ...

Zahedan, Sistan-o Balouchestan Prov, Oct 14, IRNA The crushed body of an Iranian Police Turbo-Commander light plane that left Tehran for Zahedan more than an hour ago was found in Sabzpusahn height near Zahedan, southeast Iran.   The plane was previously reported missing by Zahedan Airport control tower officials some half an hour before ...

Once a public health hazard across the country, malaria is now mainly contained in 3 southeastern provinces of Sistan-Baluchistan, Hormuzgan and Kerman. As a national strategic policy, Iran has planned for, and is on track towards eliminatingfalciparum malariaby 2016 and all cases of malaria by 2025. Between 2000 and 2013, the total number of local ...

The head of the Zabol College of Physicians reports that 500 people contract tuberculosis in Sistan-Baluchistan each year. The Shargh daily reports that tuberculosis cases have risen dramatically following the drying of Hamoon Lake. The Zabol governor announced that the high concentration of dust particles in the air is the main factor in the growing ...

Now that the Burnt City has been registered as Irans 17th cultural site on the UNESCO World Heritage list, the Sistan-Baluchistan Prosecutors Office is planning security measures to prevent any form of drilling or digging in the area. The provincial officials report that security personnel have already been assigned to the Burn City area and illegal ...

TEHRAN June 23 (Shana)--New petrochemical hubs in southeastern Iran will be instrumental in the development of Sistan Balouchestan province in southeastern Iran, a deputy head of National Petrochemical Company said. Mohammad-Hassan Peyvandi said the planned petrochemical hubs in Iranshahr and Chabahar, both in Sistan Balouchestan province, will also ...

A sandstorm covered the city of Zabol in darkness on Saturday June 15 with winds reaching 45 kilometres per hour and heavily restricting visibility. ILNA reports that on Saturday, it was as if the sun did not rise on Zabol, as the city was shrouded in dust and particles throughout the day. The Sistan-Baluchistan province meteorology office announced ...

Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Prov, April 15, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Zahedan airport in this southeastern province on Tuesday. Upon arrival, the President was warmly welcomed by a number of local officials. During his two-day stay, President Rouhani is to meet local residents, officials and war veterans. He will also to visit ...

Senior Sunni cleric and Zahedan Friday Mass Imam Mowlavi Abdolhamid has called for an end to kidnappings and violence in region. According to local websites in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Mowlavi Abdolhamid said: Those who provoke you are not your well-wishers, they are just trying to use you to satisfy their complexes. Beware ...

A sandstorm with winds gusting up to 100 kilometres an hour has hit scores of villages in Sistan-Baluchistan. Mehr News Agency reports that Red Crescent officials in the southeastern Iranian province are working hard to clear the way and rescue residents. The Hirmand governor reports that 35 villages are inaccessible due to the sandstorm and 30 ...