A senior Iranian commander says the country�s Armed Forces will give a crushing response to groups carrying out acts of terror along the�borders.

�Our country�s Armed Forces have great�readiness and capability and will give a crushing response to groups that commit blind acts along Iran�s borders, particularly in southeastern border areas,� Commander of the Iranian Army�s Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said on Friday.

He added that terrorist and Takfiri groups are not considered as a military threat to a powerful country like Iran.

The commander promised that all terrorist and Takfiri groups that carry out acts of terror in the country�s border areas would be dismantled in the near future.

Pourdastan emphasized that forces of the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) closely monitor all the enemies� moves against the country and are prepared to counter any threat from land, air and sea.

The commander�s remarks came after terrorists killed two signal officers working for the IRGC near the southeastern border with Pakistan.

A local official confirmed Thursday that the two officers were killed as they were returning from work in the mountainous areas of the Mehrestan, a city located at the southernmost part�of the southeastern province of Sistan and�Baluchestan.

Meanwhile, eight border guards were killed by terrorists in Sistan and�Baluchestan near the border with Pakistan on April 6.

The eight were killed in a border area in the town of Negur when clashes broke out with terrorists who had entered Iran via the Pakistani border.

Sistan and�Baluchestan Province has seen similar raids�by terrorists who launch hit-and-run attacks and flee to neighboring Pakistan. Iran has repeatedly criticized its eastern neighbor for failing to rein in the terrorists.

By Press TV