Militants have carried out a major attack on bases of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in south-east Iran, resulting in a total of 27 dead between both sides, state news agencies IRNA and Tasnim reported on Thursday. Sixteen attackers and 11 members of the security forces were killed in the early Thursday morning attack, according to the reports, which also said the attackers had entrenched themselves in residential areas and taken hostages. Even after daybreak, there were still reports on social media of battles with heavy artillery, but security forces had regained contr…