Border Security

An Iranian official has criticized the Pakistani government’s inaction towards terrorist groups operating inside its territory, saying that Islamabad’s measures to confront terrorists have not met Tehran’s expectations.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) declared on Monday its forces have identified and dismantled the hideout of a number of terrorists behind the recent attack on border guards in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Iran is confident last Wednesday’s terrorist attack near Zaheden in the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan was supported by Saudi Arabia and the UAE spy services, a lawmaker said.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday to strongly condemn and offer condolences over the recent terrorist attack in south-eastern Iran.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the Pakistani government should be answerable for the recent terrorist attack in southeastern Iran, which left 27 Iranians dead.

Thousands of Iranian people from all walks of life on Saturday attended a funeral ceremony held for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces who were martyred in a terrorist attack in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj had a short stopover in Tehran on Saturday to discuss the recent deadly attacks in Iran and India whose perpetrators were linked to Pakistan.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced and expressed deep regret over a deadly terrorist attack on a group of IRGC forces in the south-east of Iran, vowing to take revenge for the attack whose perpetrators are supported by certain regional states.

A suicide attack by Pakistan-based Takfiri elements on a bus carrying Iranian border guards in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province has killed and wounded dozens of IRGC forces.

Iran’s police chief says the enemies’ schemes to provoke chaos and unrest during the anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran this year have been foiled.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says the Islamic Republic is resolved to strengthen its military ties with Azerbaijan Republic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed issues of mutual interest with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Tehran.

Iran’s intelligence minister highlighted the growing trend of threats targeting the country’s security, saying even the spy services of some neighbors are involved in hatching hostile plots against Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the recent attack on a border checkpoint in Pakistan’s Balochistan province which killed a number of Pakistani troops.

Security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have arrested at least four suspects in connection with the latest terrorist attack on the strategic southeastern port city of Chabahar in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on Pakistan to make further efforts to pave the way for immediate release of seven Iranian border guards kept captive by terrorists in Pakistan.

The Iranian Army Ground Force has been tasked with ensuring security along the common border with Afghanistan, Iran’s highest-ranking military officer announced.

Iran says it is prepared to carry out anti-terror operations on Pakistani soil under Islamabad’s supervision.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has quoted Pakistani officials as saying five of the twelve Iranian border guards who had been abducted by terrorists near the Pakistani border have been released.

The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) blamed the Saudi regime for the recent abduction of Iranian border guards near the Pakistani border and said last year, about 50 attacks to kidnap the country’s border guards were foiled.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad over several issues including the release of Iranian border guards abducted by Pakistan-based terrorists.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will head to Pakistan on Tuesday night to pursue the fate of Iranian border guards recently abducted and taken to the Pakistani territory.

Iran’s intelligence minister says three terrorist groups have been smashed in the country’s south-western Khuzestan province and 15 people detained in connection with the cells before they could carry out an attack on Shiite pilgrims.

Iran’s foreign ministry says freedom of abducted border guards is the first test for Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding Tehran-Islamabad ties.