The 2010 Khorasan shootout occurred on January 2, 2010 when Iranian police executing a drug raid were fired upon by drug smugglers 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. It was Iran's deadliest drug smuggling related shootout in recent years. Reports also indicated that 4 additional Iranian policemen were also seriously injured in the shootout, and two drug smugglers were killed. See also Opium production in Afghanistan CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US References Mass shootings in Iran Mass murder in 2010 Deaths by firearm in Iran Organized crime conflicts 2010 murders in Iran