Sistan-Baluchistan

Iran appoints first Baluch governor in restive province

Iran appoints first Baluch governor in restive province

  • Mansour Bijar hails from the Baluch community, a mainly Sunni Muslim ethnic group in a majority Shiite country
  • Sistan-Baluchistan straddles the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is one of Iran’s most impoverished provinces
By AFP ·