Iran to Crack Down on Rebels, Drug Dealers
<i> United Press International</i>
ATHENS —
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards will launch an operation in the southeast of the country next week against rebels and drug traffickers, Tehran Radio said Wednesday.
The announcement followed a report Tuesday that paramilitary guards clashed with a 12-man gang of drug traffickers in the southeastern Iranian desert, killing five and wounding seven.
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