TEHRAN - On Friday evening Iranian security forces killed Esmaeil Shahbakhsh, a ringleader of the Jail al-Adl terrorist group, inside Pakistan near the border province of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan. 

Shahbaksh and his loyalists were killed in a complicated intelligence and military operation conducted by Iranian forces.

Shahbaksh was the main culprit for the recent terrorist attacks in southeastern Iran.