Gunmen kill 2 soldiers in southwestern Iran

By Tolga Akbaba

ANKARA

Two Iranian soldiers were killed in a drive-by shooting in southwestern Iran on Saturday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying the two soldiers from a speeding vehicle in the city of Mahshahr in the southwestern Khuzestan province, provincial governor Mohsen Biranund said.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.

Biranund said an investigation has been launched into the attack.