Three IRGC troops killed by roadside bomb: reportDecember 18, 2013 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Three members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan on Wednesday, Dec 18, after their vehicle was detonated by a booby trap bomb, Tasnim news agency reported. A provincial security official said the deadly incident took place at 6:30 am local time, near the southeastern city of Saravan. The three victims were members of the IRGC engineering division working on construction projects in the border area, the official said. The vehicle carrying the IRGC staffers left a workshop in the morning, but was later detonated by a booby trap bomb on the road. According to the public relations office of IRGC's Quds Base, the engineers "were involved in a project to seal part of Iran-Pakistan border in the frontier region of Saravan and that their car hit explosives left by bandits and traffickers on the road." On Oct 25, a group of armed men carried out an ambush attack on a border post in Gazbostan, near Iran’s southeastern city of Saravan, on the frontier with Pakistan which has almost no control over its side of the shared frontier with Iran, killing 14 Iranian border guards. Related links: Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |