People's Fighters Front

The People's Fighters Front is a Baloch nationalist militant organization mainly operating in the Sistan and Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran. It was founded in late 2025 as a merger of several Sunni Baloch militias, including Jaysh al-Adl, and has been participant in the Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency.

History

Establishment

On 10 December 2025, multiple militias such as Jaysh al-Adl, Nasr Movement, Pada Baloch Movement, Muhammad Rasul Allah Group and others announced the formation of a single united organization called the "People's Fighters Front". The PFF announced that it seeks to restore and "protect the economic, political, cultural, and religious dignity" of Iranians and overthrow the "Velayat-e-Faqih regime", which refers to Iran.

Operations

The PFF claimed responsibility for an attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel, killing at least 4 people near Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province.

2025–2026 Iranian protests

The PFF originally announced its support for the nationwide protests in Iran, but that they would not participate within the protests.
On 7 January 2026, PFF militants killed Mahmoud Haqiqat, the police chief of Iranshahr.
On 11 January 2026, PFF fighters killed one Law Enforcement Command officer and injured another in an attack on an LEC patrol vehicle in Dashtiari County, Sistan and Baluchistan Province.