The two officers were shot dead in a car in the city of Zahedan, which is the administrative center of Sistan and the province of Baluchistan, Iranian media reported.
The incident comes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other Iranian security forces brutally cracked down on protests in Zahedan for several weeks. Protesters in the city had joined the nationwide anti-government protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in police custody in Tehran.
The news agency “RBK-Ukraine”, referring to the Iranian news agency “Tasnim”, said that, among other things, the killed officers were responsible for supplying kamikaze drones to Russia, which is using them in the war. against Ukraine.
In the summer, Russia purchased several thousand Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 combat drones from Iran, which it now uses for attacks on Ukrainian civilian objects.
In response, Ukraine revoked the accreditation of the Iranian ambassador and significantly reduced the staff of the Iranian embassy. The security service of Ukraine has opened a criminal case for the delivery of these drones.
