The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force's Quds Base announced that its forces have smashed a foreign-backed terror cell, killing four terrorists in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan on Friday, Tasnim News Agency reported.

Following an intelligence operation, the units of the IRGC Ground Force's Quds Base identified a terrorist cell “affiliated to the global arrogance (the US)” that had intended to attack the Islamic Republic’s border posts from the territory of a neighboring country this morning, the base said in a statement on Friday.

The members of the terrorist team were ambushed and smashed by the IRGC forces before they would be able to take any action near a border post in Saravan in Sistan and Balouchestan Province, the statement read. 

In a heavy clash, the IRGC troops killed four terrorists and injured two others, the Quds Base said, adding that a number of other terrorists escaped to the neighboring country.