IRGC Imam Reza base stationed to Khorsan Razavi Province in northeast Iran announced in a statement the matyrdom of two Basiji security forces by the names of Seyyed Sajjad Alavi and Mehdi Honarmand in the attack on their checkpoint in Sarafrazan District in Mashhad, 15 km away from the holy shrine of Imam Reza.
A passerby was also targeted by the attackers in the same incident and was transferred to the hospital, the statement said.
The IRGC also said in the statement that “the perpetrator or perpetrators of this act will be brought to justice and be punished in accordance with the law.”
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