Tehran, YJC. The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to Tehran for terrorist attacks around the two country’s joint border in which Iran suffered a number of casualties last week.
Director General of the Foreign Ministry’s West Asia Office
Rasoul Eslami in a meeting with the Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran Nourmohammad
Nadmani stated "We cannot have it that a number of terrorists and thugs attack
our country from the Pakistani land, where they have attacked and killed our
border guards.”
He expressed serious concern over the terrorists’ use of
Pakistan’s territory and demanded swift action in coping with the terrorist
groups.
Eslami added "The friendly atmosphere that exists between
the two countries must not be defiled with such incidents. Officials have to
find a way and stop enemies of the two nations from succeeding in acting out their
schemes.”
The Pakistani official in turn expressed sorrow over the
deaths and injuries suffered by Iranian border guards. He also maintained that
he would convey Iran’s objections to his country and pursue the issue.
On October 8, 3 Iranian police officers were killed when they
were attacked overnight by armed bandits while on a mission in the city of
Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
Hours after the first incident, another police officer was
killed when an explosives-laden car was taken to the police station by
terrorists and the explosives went off.
On Saturday, Brigadier General Abdollah Araqi, Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces second-in-command, stated that
Iran had evidence proving that terrorists had infiltrated into the country from
the neighboring Pakistan.