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For other meanings, see PFF and JMM.
People's Fighters Front
جبهه مبارزین مردمی
Also known asPFF, JMM
Head of the political officeAbdul Rahman Baloch
SpokespersonMahmud Baloch[1]
Foundation10 December 2025
Dates of operation2025–present
Country Iran
IdeologyBaloch nationalism
Baloch separatism
Sunni Islamism
StatusActive
Wars
Organizations
  • Jaysh al-Adl
  • Nasr Movement
  • Pada Baloch Movement
  • Muhammad Rasul Allah Group
Flag
Preceded by
  • Jaysh al-Adl
  • Nasr Movement
  • Pada Baloch Movement
  • Muhammad Rasul Allah Group

The People's Fighters Front (Balochi: جبهه مبارزین مردمی, romanized: Jabheh-yi Mubarizin-i Mardumi, abbreviated as PFF or JMM), is a Baloch nationalist militant organization mainly operating in the Sistan and Balochistan 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 Balochistan insurgency. The PFF's masked spokesperson is Mahmud Baloch.[2]

History

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Background

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Before the official formation of the group, Iran's IRGC had launched multiple counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations in 2024 and 2025 targeting the group's strongest subgroup, Jaysh al-Adl, inflicting losses on the group, which continued even after the PFF was formed.[3][4][5]

On November 29 Jaish al Adl, announced that it had merged with other Baloch groups in order to better its fight against Iran.[6]

Establishment

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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" (PFF).[7][8][9][10] 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.[11][12]

The flag of the PFF is similar to flags of other Baloch nationalist groups, especially in Pakistan.[13] According to their own statement, green represents hope, red represents resistance and white represents honesty and unity while the blue crescent is a symbol of Balochi culture.[13]

Response to establishment

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On 13 December 2025, after the group's formation, senior Brigadier General Ali Jahanshahi, the Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army's Ground Forces, appointed junior Brigadier General Abbas Malekizadeh as the new commander of the Ground Forces' Southeast Regional Headquarters in order to help counter the group after its formation.[14]

Groups

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  • Jaysh al-Adl: founded in 2012 by former Jundallah members, there is very little known about the group. The group was founded and led by Salahuddin Farooqui who has opposed Iranian support for Syria in the Syrian Civil War. They have claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks since 2013, reportedly using guerrilla tactics, ambush methods, and remotely controlled IEDs and land mines.[15][16] Jaish-ul-Adl's founder and leader, Salahuddin Farooqui [fa], was killed in a joint-operation by Iran and Pakistan against it in late 2024.[17][18][19][20][21] Farooqi's brother, Amir Naroui, was killed by the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.[22] In the wake of the Twelve-Day War, Jaysh al-Adl reportedly called on the people of Balochistan to join the group.[23] IRGC-affiliated media stated that Jaish al Adl had a special intelligence branch focused specifically on assassinating Sunni leaders within the Iranian government. A UN report stated that there was cooperation between ISKP and Jaish al-Adl , with ISIL-K providing suicide bombers to Jaish al-Adl for its operations, including those for an attack on military stations in Rask and Chabahar in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, which occurred on 2 April 2024.[19]

Operations

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PFF claimed its first attack targeting Iranian security forces near Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, on December 10. Haalvsh, a rights group in Sistan & Baluchestan, said that the PFF claimed responsibility in a statement posted overnight. The group said it targeted a convoy of the IRGC’s Imam Hossein battalion, which are part of the Salman Brigade. PFF fighters had killed four IRGC Ground Forces personnel near the Quds Operational Base in the Lar district of Baluchestan. The troops killed were from the Imam Hossein Battalions, a highly trained unit in the Basij paramilitary organization. A spokesman for the PFF said the attack was meant as retaliation for the role of security forces in suppressing residents in Sistan-Baluchestan. He added that the vehicle carrying the unit’s commander was struck and also that four security personnel were killed and several others wounded. Iranian state media initially reported three dead and three wounded but later stated that the number of security forces killed had increased to four. The human rights group Haalvsh said that local sources reported gunfire occurring as multiple IRGC vehicles were heading toward their base in the Lar area.[24][25][7]

2025–2026 Iranian protests

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Main article: 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.[26]

On 7 January 2026, PFF militants killed Mahmoud Haqiqat, the police chief of Iranshahr.[27][28]

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 Balochistan province.[29]

See also

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References

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  13. ^ a b @jmmfront (December 10, 2025). "توضیح پرچم «جبهه مبارزین مردمی» سبز نماد امید ،قرمز مقاومت،سفید نماد صداقت و اتحاد، و هلال آبی برگرفته از فرهنگ سیستان و بلوچستان" [Explanation of the flag of the "People's Fighters' Front". Green symbolizes hope, red symbolizes resistance, white symbolizes honesty and unity, and the blue crescent is taken from the culture of Sistan and Balochistan.] (Tweet) (in Persian) – via X (formerly Twitter).
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