Originally published on October 26, 2013<br /><br />At least 17 Iranian guards were killed in clashes with gunmen at the Pakistani border the border with Pakistan on Friday night, Reuters reported. <br /><br />According to local reports, the shooting took place in Baluchestan, when a group of armed people tried to enter the border from Pakistan in the direction of Saravan city.<br /><br />At least seventeen guards were killed at shooting range while other five were injured and four were taken hostage.<br /><br />On Saturday morning, in response to the attack, Iran executed 16 rebels, in the country's Sistan-Baluchestan province, Al Jazeera English reported. <br /><br />Iran's official news agency, IRNA blamed the attack on a terror group opposed to the regime.<br /><br />The group, known as Jaish Ul Adl (Party of Justice) is, according to Al Jazeera, a relative new group is anti-Shia and the Iranian government had in the past pressured the Pakistani government to crack down on the group's activities.<br /><br />According to Reuters, the area where the shooting took place has a history of unrest, with the mainly Sunni Muslim population complaining of discrimination at the hands of Iran's Shi'ite Muslim authorities.<br />Iran also lies on a major drug trafficking route between Afghanistan and Europe, and it's not the first time that security forces have fought drug traffickers in the border region with Pakistan and Afghanistan.<br />In October last year three Iranian guards were killed in clashes with armed drug traffickers in the Koshtegan region, also near the border with Pakistan.<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world.<br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
