### [2026-05-1](/feed/2026/05/1/index.md)

##### Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
# Fourteen Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members are killed and two others are injured when an unexploded ordnance detonated in Zanjan province, Iran. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://aje.news/jn52nk?update=4537458)

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