Iran appoints first Baluch governor in restive province
By AFP
October 31, 2024
TEHRAN: Iran´s government on Wednesday appointed the first governor from the Baluch minority in the country´s restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan.
“Mansour Bijar was chosen as the governor of Sistan-Baluchistan,” government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said after a cabinet meeting. Bijar, 50, hails from the Baluch community.
Sistan-Baluchistan straddles the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is one of the Islamic republic´s most impoverished provinces. —AFP
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