TEHRAN, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Three Iranian border guards were killed and one civilian wounded on Thursday evening in a "terrorist" attack by gunmen in southeastern Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Friday.

The three victims, one officer named Amin Narouei and two conscript soldiers named Parsa Soozani and Amir Ebrahimzadeh, were refueling at a gas station in Mirjaveh county when a group of "unidentified armed individuals" opened fire on them, Mehr quoted Mehdi Shamsabadi, prosecutor of the provincial capital of Zahedan, as saying.

The civilian injured was present at the scene, according to Shamsabadi.

A judicial case was filed for the attack immediately afterwards, and intelligence agencies have started to identify the gunmen, Shamsabadi said.

In a statement on Thursday night, Jaish al-Zulm, designated as a terrorist entity by Iran, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jaish al-Zulm has been involved in many attacks against Iranian security forces and civilians in recent years. Enditem

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