TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's police have arrested three members of a "terrorist" group in the southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.

The three suspects belong to the "Jaish al-Zulm" group, a separatist cell that Iran says is linked with al-Qaeda, the IRNA report said, without revealing the exact date of the arrest.

Doostali Jalilian, police commander of the province, said in the report that the suspects sought to perpetrate "acts of terror and sabotage" across the province, adding they were arrested by the law enforcement forces in Iranshahr County.

In May, a clash between the members of the "Jaish al-Zulm" group and Iranian border guards in the Saravan County of the province resulted in the deaths of at least six border guards. ■