The city of Zahedan (Photo: Google Earth).
These developments emerged while Tehran considers Washington’s reply to its most recent proposal for reviving the broken ceasefire. Human rights group Haalvsh, which monitors Sistan-Baluchistan, said fighting between military and security forces and armed individuals had started on Thursday morning. On Wednesday, the US response to Iran’s seven-day peace plan was formally delivered to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani stated that foreign minister Abbas Araghchi was informed of the response through Qatari mediators, IRNA news agency reported.
Hamidreza Azizi, a senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group, told Reuters that Tehran is unsure whether President Donald Trump will mount another major campaign or settle for narrower strikes, such as attacks on nuclear sites. The proposal was delivered to Pezeshkian during a cabinet meeting in Iran. On Thursday, Pezeshkian said Iran will never avoid dialogue with the US, despite being attacked after truce.