Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency

Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency

Part of the larger Insurgency in Balochistan

Map of Iran with Sistan and Baluchestan province highlighted

Date	2004 – present
Location	Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
Status	Ongoing

Belligerents

Current:
- Jaish ul-Adl (2013–present)
- Ansar Al-Furqan (2013–present)
- BLA
- BLF

Former:
- Jundallah (2004–2011)
- Harakat Ansar (2012–2013)

Commanders and leaders

Ali Khamenei
Ali Shamkhani (2004–2005)
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2005–2013)
Ahmad Vahidi (2013–present)
Hossein Dehghan (2013–2017)
Amir Hatami (2017–2021)
Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani (2021–present)
Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (2004–2005)
Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2005–2008)
Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi (15 May 2008–5 August 2008)
Ali Kordan (12 August 2008–4 November 2008)
Kamran Daneshjoo (4 November 2008–24 December 2008)
Sadegh Mahsouli (2008–2009)
Hassan Firouzabadi (2004–2016)
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–present)
Hassan Firouzabadi (2004–2016)
Mohammad Bagheri (2016–2025) †
Mohammad Salimi (2004–2005)
Ataollah Salehi (2005–2017)
Abdolrahim Mousavi (2017–present)
Nasser Mohammadifar (2004–2005)
Mohammad-Hossein Dadras (2005–2008)
Ahmad Reza Pourdastan (2008–2016)
Kioumars Heydari (2016–present)
Yahya Rahim Safavi (2004–2007)
Mohammad Ali Jafari (2004–2019)
Hossein Salami (2019–2025) †
Ahmad Kazemi (2005–2006)
Mohammad Reza Zahedi (2006–2008)
Mohammad Jafar Asadi (2008–20)
Mohammad Pakpour (2009–present)
Nur-Ali Shushtari (2004–2009) †
Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam (2004–2016)
Hossein Ashtari (2016–2023)
Ahmad-Reza Radan (2023–2025) (MIA)

Abdolmalek Rigi (2004–2009)
Abdolhamid Rigi (2009–2010)
Muhammad Dhahir Baluch (2010–present)
Salahuddin Farooqui (2011–2024) †
Mohammad Shafi (2012–2013) †
Abu Hafs al Baloochi (2013–2015) †
Jalil Qanbarzehi (2015–2017) †
Mullah Akram Naroi †

Units involved

Iranian Armed Forces
- Artesh (since 1979)
- IRGC (since 1980)
- Iranian police
- Border Guard (since 2000)
- Special forces:
Ministry of Intelligence
Imperial Iranian Army (until 1979)

Jaish al-Adl Forces
Majeed Brigade
Fateh Squad

Strength

Unknown

Jaish ul-Adl: 500-600
Jundallah: 500-2,000 (until 2011)

Casualties and losses

164 killed (security forces and civilians)

Unknown

Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Zahedan (2007) Zahedan (2009) Pishin (2009) Arrest of Abdolmalek Rigi Zahedan (2010) Chabahar (2010) Chabahar (2018) Khash–Zahedan (2019) 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan Chabahar and Rask (2024) Gohar Kuh (2024)

The Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency is an ongoing low-intensity asymmetric conflict in Sistan and Baluchestan Province between Iran and several Baloch Sunni militant organizations designated as terrorist organizations by the Iranian government. It began in 2004 and is part of the wider Balochistan conflict.