Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency

Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
	Part of the Balochistan conflict
	; Map of Iran with Sistan and Baluchestan province highlighted
Date	2004 – present
Location	Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Iran	Jundallah (2004–2011); Harakat Ansar (2012–2013); Jaish ul-Adl (2013–present); Ansar Al-Furqan (2013–present);
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–present); 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–present); 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–present);	Abdolmalek Rigi (2004–2009) ; Abdolhamid Rigi (2009–2010) ; Muhammad Dhahir Baluch (2010–present); Salahuddin Farooqui (2011–present); Mohammad Shafi (2012–2013) †; Abu Hafs al Baloochi (2013–2015) †; Jalil Qanbarzehi (2015–2017) †; Mullah Akram Naroi †;
Units involved
Border Guard; Army; Revolutionary Guard; Ministry of Intelligence	Unknown

The Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency is an ongoing low-intensity^[1] asymmetric conflict^[2] in Sistan and Baluchestan Province between Iran and several Baloch Sunni militant organizations^[3] designated as terrorist organizations by the Iranian government.^[4] It began in 2004 and is part of the wider Balochistan conflict.^[5]

^ Roksana Bahramitash; Eric Hooglund (March 2011). Gender in Contemporary Iran: Pushing the Boundaries. Taylor & Francis. p. 158. ISBN 9781136824265.
^ Poyraz Serdar (November 2009), "Turkish-Iranian Relations: A Wider Perspective" (PDF), SETA FOUNDATION FOR POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015
^ Chip Cummins (19 October 2009). "Volatile Sistan-Baluchistan Region Is Base for Insurgents". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ "IRGC wipes out terrorist cell in Sistan-Baluchistan". Radio Zamaneh. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ Zia Ur Rehman (May 2014), "The Baluch insurgency: linking Iran to Pakistan" (PDF), The Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2016

[1] Roksana Bahramitash; Eric Hooglund (March 2011). Gender in Contemporary Iran: Pushing the Boundaries. Taylor & Francis. p. 158. ISBN 9781136824265.

[2] Poyraz Serdar (November 2009), "Turkish-Iranian Relations: A Wider Perspective" (PDF), SETA FOUNDATION FOR POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015

[3] Chip Cummins (19 October 2009). "Volatile Sistan-Baluchistan Region Is Base for Insurgents". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[4] "IRGC wipes out terrorist cell in Sistan-Baluchistan". Radio Zamaneh. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

[NOREF-5] Zia Ur Rehman (May 2014), "The Baluch insurgency: linking Iran to Pakistan" (PDF), The Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2016

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