Iran Press/ Iran news: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif added the Iranian embassy in Islamabad, the Pakistani embassy in Tehran, as well as Iranian defense and interior ministers are following up on the case of the abducted Iranian border guards in earnest.
Zarif said Pakistani government has vowed to cooperate with Iran in locating the abducted border guards, adding that Pakistan is responsible for the occurrence of such an incident, and the holding of the abductees on Pakistani soil, Mehr News Agency reported.
“Together with [Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Force] Maj. Gen. Bagheri and other officials, we held talks with Pakistani authorities, calling on them to increase the number of their forces on shared borders with Iran,” said Zarif, stressing that Iran already has a strong military presence on shared borders with Pakistan.
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“It seems like their shared borders with Afghanistan and India hold more significance for them [Pakistan] than their shared borders with Iran,” said Zarif, adding “at any rate, they have promised us to increase their forces under suitable conditions, although the presence of their forces on some parts of their borders have already increased after that incident.”
14 Iranian security personnel including Revolutionary Guards were kidnapped on the border with Pakistan last Tuesday. The incident happened about 50 kilometers from the town of MirJaveh in Balouchestan of southeastern Iran, very close to the border with Pakistan.
Jeish al-Adl terrorist group, which is based in Pakistan, has claimed responsibility for the abductions.
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