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Attack in western Iran kills 43 members of security forces — local media
Iranian media reports that 43 members of the security forces were killed in an attack on the headquarters of a border regiment in the western city of Mehran near Iraq today.
“This attack, which was accompanied by bombing, unfortunately resulted in the martyrdom of 43 security personnel, most of them border guards, and parts of nearby buildings were also seriously damaged,” the Mehr news agency says.
“According to initial reports, this hostile act was carried out by agents of the United States and the Zionist regime,” it says, referring to Israel.
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