TEHRAN– The IRGC Ground Force lost two servicemen on Saturday night in an armed clash with armed hooligans in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern province of Sistan-Balouchestan.

The servicemen were martyred as they were carrying out an operation against the armed outlaws, the Ground Force’s Quds Base said a statement.

The two IRGC personnel martyred are Mehran Shourizadeh and Mohsen Keikhayee, according to Tasnim.

In July 2018, anti-revolutionary terrorists attacked a border post of the Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada Base in the western province of Kurdistan, killing 11 forces of the base.

The IRGC is tasked with protecting the country’s northwestern and southeastern borders.