Iran’s state media reported on Sunday, January 21 (Ol Jadi) that a foreign soldier opened fire on his compatriot in Kerman province and as a result five soldiers were killed.

Iran’s state television and IRNA, the official news agency of Kishor, have reported that the shelling took place in a military barracks in Kerman province, but the motive for the attack has not yet been determined. Kerman province is located 830 kilometers southeast of Tehran, the capital of Iran.

This attack took place 18 days after suicide attacks killed 94 people in Kerman; The Islamic State or ISIS has claimed responsibility for these suicide attacks.

Suicide attacks took place on January 3rd in Kerman province during the gathering of Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of Iran’s Quds Force. Soleimani was killed on January 3, 2020 in a US drone strike near Baghdad Airport, the capital of Iraq.

IRNA, the official news agency of Iran, according to Amir Gholam Aliyan, a soldier in Kishor, reported that one of the soldiers fired at a military barrack at 04:35 minutes after midnight on Sunday, killing five soldiers. .

Amir Ghulam Aliyan also said that early Monday morning, an individual was arrested in connection with the shelling in the city of Zarand, located in the north of Kerman province, and the investigation into the motive of this fatal incident has been started.

Similar attacks have occasionally occurred in Iran’s military bases. In 2022, an Iranian soldier opened fire on a police office in the south of Iran, killing one soldier and injuring three others.

24-month military service in Iran is mandatory for men aged 19 or older.