{"id":683,"date":"2014-02-17T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmir-today.net\/iran-threatens-to-send-forces-into-pakistani-territory\/"},"modified":"2014-02-17T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T17:16:00","slug":"iran-threatens-to-send-forces-into-pakistani-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"Iran threatens to send forces into Pakistani territory"},"content":{"rendered":"
TEHRAN:<\/b> Tehran’s interior minister has warned Pakistan that Iranian forces may enter Pakistani and Afghan territory to release border guards reported to have been seized by a rebel group.
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Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli’s remarks on state TV come a week after the little-known Jaish al-Adl posted photos on Twitter of five men it claims are border guards it seized near Pakistan.<\/p>\n

He said Iran had asked Pakistan to treat the case \u201cstrongly and seriously\u201d or allow Iran to secure the remote region \u201cdeep on Afghanistan and Pakistan soil.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise we do consider it our own right to intervene and create a new security sphere for our safety,\u201d he said.\u2014AP<\/p>\n

Reuters adds: According to Iranian media reports, the guards were seized on February 6 in the Iranian province of Sistan-Balochistan by militants who allegedly took them across the border to Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The area where the kidnappings took place has a history of unrest, with the mainly Sunni Muslim population complaining of discrimination by Iran’s Shia Muslim authorities, a charge Iran denies.<\/p>\n

Iranian security forces have also fought drug traffickers in the region that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The Iranian armed forces’ deputy chief of staff was quoted as telling the semi-official Fars news agency that Iran would \u201cshow tough confrontation in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have no soft stand in this case and our neighbouring country … should account for its lack of action,\u201d Major General Hossein Hassani Sa’di told reporters in Tehran on Monday, according to Fars English language website.<\/p>\n

Sa’di said the guards were still alive, and underlined that \u201cpolitical and military measures are underway to set them free\u201d, without elaborating.<\/p>\n

Interior Minister Rahmani-Fazli said an Iranian delegation would visit Pakistan on Monday to secure the guards’ release, state news agency ISNA reported.<\/p>\n

In October, 14 Iranian border guards were killed and three others captured in the same area in an attack that ISNA said was carried out by Jaish al-Adl.\u2014Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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