Troubles in Iran

Not that I regularly follow the news in the Tehran Times! But this story I came across today (quite by accident) was interesting. I wonder if these bandit-type dudes are Taliban. If they are, how absolutely, wonderfully ironic that Iran is having troubles with the Taliban! How absoutely horrid and awful for the families who lost those 10 policemen who were just doing their jobs. Clashes kill 10 police in SE Iran Date : Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Clashes between Iranian police and gunmen in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province have resulted in the deaths of ten officers. Police officers engaged in clashes with gunmen near the city of Zahedan, the provincial capital, Sunday night. Ten Iranian police officers were killed. There have been no reports yet on the number of casualties inflicted on the armed militants. The armed confrontation resulted in injuries on both sides. The surviving gunmen escaped to Pakistan. The southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been the scene of battles between Iranian forces and drug and arms smugglers. Every year, Iran confiscates a large quantity of drugs and arms from smugglers and arrests or kills terrorists in the province. (Source: Press TV)