Unknown gunmen Wednesday opened fire on a car of a public prosecutor in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, killing him along with his driver.

Unknown gunmen Wednesday opened fire on a car of a public prosecutor in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, killing him along with his driver.

"Around 7:30 a.m (0400 GMT), Mousa Nouri, the prosecutor of the city of Zabol, came under attack by unknown people," the Fars news agency quoted the head of the provincial judiciary Ebrahim Hamidi as saying.

He said gunmen stopped the prosecutor's car in front of a hospital before opening fire on it.

"Unfortunately in this terrorist attack, the prosecutor and his private driver were martyred," said Hamidi.
Zabol is close to the border with Afghanistan.