Official Denies Death of kidnapped Border Guard
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian interior ministry official rejected reports on the death of one of the Iranian border guards recently kidnapped by a terrorist group in Pakistan.
Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs Ali Abdollahi on Monday dismissed reports that one of the five Iranian border guards, kidnapped in Pakistan, has been killed.
“The report that one of five Iranian border guards is killed in Pakistan is not true and is not confirmed,” Abdollahi told IRNA.
The five Iranian border guards were kidnapped in Jakigour region in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan on February 6 and taken to Pakistan.
The so-called Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group claimed responsibility for the abductions.
Abdollahi had earlier regretted that Islamabad has failed to fully control its borders with Iran, stressing that the Pakistani government has commitments based on the joint security agreement signed by the two countries and should fulfill those commitments.
In February 2013, Tehran and Islamabad signed a security agreement which requires both sides to take strict measures to combat terrorism and human and drug trafficking.