The clash took place near the town of Mirjaveh, close to the border with Pakistan in southeast Iran. PHOTO: FILE.
Iranian security forces have killed four members of a rebel group behind an ambush that left 14 border guards dead, the guards’ commander said on Tuesday.
“We clashed with Jaishul Adl and killed four of them,” the Fars news agency quoted Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaqari as saying.
According to the report, the clash took place near the town of Mirjaveh, close to the border with Pakistan in southeast Iran, some 1,200 kilometres from Tehran.
Zolfaqari did not say when it took place.
Jaishul Adl has claimed responsibility for the deadly ambush on Friday in the mountains of Sistan-Baluchestan. The attack killed 14 border guards and wounded another seven.
“Whatever measure they take against us, our response will be more crushing,” Zolfaqari said.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2013.
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