"Armed terrorists entered Iran from Pakistan and clashed with border guards, killing eight soldiers before fleeing back to Pakistan," Ali Asghar Mirshekari, deputy governor of Sistan-Baluchistan province, was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
The province, located in southeastern Iran, has a large Sunni community and repeated attacks by militants on the security forces of mainly Shiite Iran are not uncommon in the province.
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