Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Ali Abdollahi has rejected claims about a recent attack by the Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group in the southeastern part of the country.
Abdollahi on Saturday dismissed claims made by the Jaish-ul-Adl about the terrorist group�s attack on Sarbaz County located in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Thursday.

�Such an attack has absolutely not happened,� Abdollahi said.

The terrorist group reportedly claimed earlier that it had killed a number of Iranians in an attack on Sarbaz County.

The claim comes as the Jaish-ul-Adl group killed 14 Iranian border guards and wounded three other in the border region near the city of Saravan in Sistan-Baluchestan province on October 25.

In a letter to the president of the UN Security Council on October 28, Iranian Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei said evidence indicates the Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group carried out the terrorist attack by infiltrating Iran�s eastern borders from Pakistan.

On October 26, Iran�s Foreign Ministry summoned Pakistan�s charg� d�affaires in Tehran Sohail Siddiqui in protest against the terrorist attack, the perpetrators of which fled to Pakistan after the attack.

Iran�s President Hassan Rouhani has called for an investigation into the incident, tasking the Foreign Ministry with taking necessary measures to implement a border security agreement with Pakistan.

In February, Iran and Pakistan signed a security agreement, under which both countries are required to cooperate in preventing and combating organized crime, fighting terrorism and countering activities which pose a threat to the national security of either country.

By Press TV

 

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