What were earlier simply claims that Iran’s regime was using its loyalist armed militias in Iraq, Syria and Yemen as bargaining chips to gain more leverage in any prospective nuclear negotiations with the US are now acknowledged facts requiring no further proof.

Sistan and Balochistan province is among the poorest in Iran and it faces regular sandstorms and droughts. The regime’s environmentally destructive policies and negligence have aggravated the province’s dire conditions and have worsened the living conditions.