The Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghassemi strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a border checkpoint in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Saturday.

Iran news: Expressing solidarity with the Pakistani government and nation as well as families of the victims of this attack, he voiced Iran’s readiness for any joint action against the evil phenomenon of terrorism, Iran Press reported.

A terrorist attack in Gach region in Balochistan province near Iran-Pakistan border killed six Pakistani security forces, injuring 14 others. Four terrorists were also killed in the attack.

 No group has claimed responsibility so far.

The province has been hit by a number of terrorist attacks on members of the security forces, but the number of large scale incidents has decreased significantly since 2016.

On November 21, President Hassan Rouhani  said, “Iran is the biggest victim of aggression and terrorism and using weapons of mass destruction and a major state in fighting WMDs, because we are its victims.”

Last month, three militants from Baloch Liberation Army stormed the Chinese consulate in Karachi, killing four people including two policemen. They were shot and killed by police before they could force their way in a car packed with explosives.  103

 

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