The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that an Iranian law enforcement officer was killed on Saturday, in Hirmand county near the border with Afghanistan.

According to IRNA, this officer was killed in a clash with drug traffickers.

Further details have not yet been released.

Hirmand county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran, shares about 110 kilometres of border with the Afghan provinces of Nimroz and Farah.