Updated reports indicate that at least 40 Baluch locals were shot and killed yesterday by the IRGC and many were wounded. Videos showed the men screaming “Allahu Akbar” as they punched through glass doors, yanked out air-conditioning units and smashed office furniture against the walls. Iranian border guards opened fire at fuel smugglers trying to storm the station, wounding several. Taftan is a well-worn smuggling route, mostly for subsidized diesel fuel from Iran to Pakistan. The impoverished province has seen occasional clashes between Iranian forces and militants, drug traffickers and small separatist groups.

Source: Egypt Independent February 23, 2021 16:41 UTC