Jaish al-Adl militants claim attack on government office in southern Iran

Jaish al-Adl armed militants claimed responsibility for an explosion that destroyed the Housing Foundation headquarters in Chabahar in southern Sistan and Baluchestan province on Saturday.

The group said it was a response to government-led demolitions of homes in the region to expand the Makran coast.

The group announced on social media that its members entered the building, evacuated staff and visitors, and then detonated explosives.

Zahedan’s prosecutor, Mehdi Shamsabadi, said a sound bomb exploded at the Coordination Office for Eastern Chabahar Villages, partially destroying the site.

“Security and intelligence forces are investigating those responsible, and the necessary judicial orders have been issued,” he said.

No casualties were reported.

Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, reported that armed individuals stormed the office, forced people out, and then set off explosives.

Jaish al-Adl said the attack was part of its “commitment to holding government offices accountable” for their role in displacing the Baloch population.

The group has carried out multiple attacks on security forces in Sistan and Baluchestan in recent years.

In November, four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in clashes during a military drill in Rask County.

Jaish al-Adl also claimed responsibility for an attack in October that left ten Iranian military personnel dead.

Both Iran and the United States have designated Jaish al-Adl as a terrorist organization.

The group has accused the government of demographic engineering in the Makran coast development project, saying the project undermines the cultural and religious identity of the region’s Baloch residents.