Gunmen attack courthouse in Iran’s Zahedan, casualties feared

A group of unknown gunmen attacked a courthouse in Zahedan, the capital of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, on Saturday. The attackers entered the building and opened fire, even targeting judges’ offices.

The official details from Iranian media are limited, but foreign news outlets reported that several people may have been killed. Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is linked to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), confirmed the incident and said emergency services and security forces reached the site quickly.

Authorities have not shared how many people were hurt or who the attackers were. After the shooting began, security forces blocked off the area and surrounded the building. Some reports also mentioned a possible gunfight between the attackers and security personnel, but this has not been confirmed.

Sistan-Baluchestan is known for unrest, and this latest attack has raised fresh concerns about security in the region.

Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Iran has no intention of stopping its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking on a US news channel program, said that enrichment is currently halted because, yes, the nuclear facilities have suffered severe and significant damage, but we cannot stop enrichment because it is an important achievement of our scientists.

He said that uranium enrichment is a source of pride for the Iranian nation, and any future nuclear agreement must include the right to uranium enrichment.

He added that Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization is assessing how much actual damage has been done to the nuclear material or enriched material.

It should be noted that after the Israeli attacks on Tehran, the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22. These targets included the underground uranium enrichment facility located south of Tehran in Fordow.

US President Donald Trump claimed that these facilities had been completely destroyed.

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