| 2010 Khorasan shootout | |
| Location: | South Khorasan Province, Iran |
| Date: | 2 January 2010 |
| Type: | Mass shooting |
| Fatalities: | 10 |
| Injuries: | 4 |
| Perp: | Iranian drug smugglers |
| Dfens: | Iranian police |
The 2010 Khorasan shootout occurred on January 2, 2010, when Iranian police executing a drug raid were fired upon by drug smugglers[1] near the Iran-Afghanistan border. At least 10 Iranian police were killed; 7 died at the scene and three more died later as a result of injuries sustained during the shooting.[2]
Reports also indicated that 4 additional Iranian policemen were also seriously injured in the shootout,[3] and two drug smugglers were killed.