"Unfortunately, eight Iranian border guards were killed by a number of terrorists in the zero border point from inside Pakistan's soil", the Police Information Dissemination Center said, as quoted by the IRNA news agency.
Iranian media reports that the Jaish al-Adl jihadist group, accused by Tehran of links to Al-Qaeda, carries out regular attacks in Sistan-Baluchistan.
The border guards were patrolling in Mirjaveh in Sistan-Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran.
The semi-official Fars news agency said the gunmen fired on an Iranian patrol near the border on Wednesday.
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The Army of Justice is a Sunni militant group that has previously claimed responsibility for attacks that killed border guards in 2013 and 2015.
Jaish al Adl is a Sunni militant group that has carried out several attacks before against Iranian security forces to highlight what it claims is discrimination against Sunni Muslims and the ethnic Baluch in the province.
A commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was assassinated by two terrorists in Sistan- Balochistan provinces border area with Pakistan past year.
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