Iranian media report that Pakistan’s ambassador to Tehran has been summoned by Iranian authorities following reports that one of five Iranian border officials abducted into Pakistan has been killed by their captors. The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Pakistani ambassador and called for his government’s immediate action in identifying, arresting and extraditing those responsible […]
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Sunni group offers to exchange abducted guards for prisoners
The Jeysh-ol-adl organization has issued a statement calling for the release of 300 Sunni prisoners in exchange for the release of five Iranian border officers who were abducted by the group last week. The organization’s statement calls for the release of 50 of its members as well as 200 other Sunnis being held in […]
Iran sending group to Pakistan after officials abducted
Iran’s deputy minister of the interior says a delegation is being dispatched to Pakistan to follow up on the abduction of five border officials in Sistan-Baluchistan. IRNA reports that Ali Abdollahi stated that the delegation will arrive in Pakistan next week to deal with the “abduction of five border officials by the group referred […]
Missing Iranian border officials may be in Pakistan
Five Iranian border officials who work at the Sistan-Baluchistan border with Pakistan have been missing since Friday February 7. The Fars News Agency reports that provincial border forces and Revolutionary Guards choppers have been dispatched to the area to set up a search mission. According to Fars, some reports indicate that the missing officers […]