MNA � Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) spokesman Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif has rejected the Israeli prime minister�s claims on attacking Iranian bases in Syria as completely �baseless� and �false.�

�If the IRGC had had 12 casualties, there should have been funerals in Iran for them over the past 20 days,� Brigadier General Ramazan, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Tehran on Monday.

In response to a question on the latest developments regarding the remaining 7 out of 12 Iranian border guards held hostage in Pakistan, Brigadier General Sharif said that the efforts are continuing to secure their release.

�We hope that through the official and unofficial actions which are underway they will be released as soon as possible,� the IRGC spokesman said.

He added that the officials would spare no efforts to release them.