Two IRGC Servicemen Killed, Three Injured in Western Iran Attack

Two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed and three others injured in a grenade attack on an IRGC base in Sarvabad, Kordestan province, western Iran. The assailants, described as Kurdish terrorists linked to foreign-backed hostile and counter-revolutionary groups, carried out the attack late Monday night. The victims included cleric Ali-Reza Valizadeh and Ayoub Shiri, with the injured transferred to hospital. The IRGC condemned the attack, attributing it to mercenary terrorists associated with global arrogance, a term used by Iranian authorities for Western-backed or foreign-funded groups, and vowed to maintain its resolve to protect Iranian citizens. Iranian security forces have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators amid ongoing tensions involving Kurdish groups and allegations of foreign espionage and sabotage. The incident adds to a series of violent confrontations involving Iran's security forces and alleged foreign-linked terrorist activities in border provinces.