A commander of the Basij’s Afzal Sisters female unit was killed in an attack on Wednesday in Mehrestan, a border county in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state media reported, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The victim, identified as Afsaneh Aqila, was reportedly assassinated outside her home in front of her children. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated Tasnim News Agency alleged the gunmen had links to Israel and the United States, without identifying the group responsible or providing evidence.