Monday, February 17, 2014

Iran Threatens To Invade Pakistan To Free Border Guards

The deputy chief-of-staff of Iran's armed forces said he believed the five guards were still alive

Iran 'May Send Forces To Pakistan For Captured Guards' -- BBC

Iran's interior minister has warned it may send forces into Pakistan to free five border guards seized earlier this month.

They are thought to have been taken into Pakistan after being captured in Iran's Sistan Baluchistan region.

Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli demanded that Islamabad treat the case "strongly and seriously" and "take the necessary measures" to secure their release.

The Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl has said it was behind their capture.

The group has posted what it said were photographs of the guards, bound and being held in an unknown location.

A video broadcast by al-Arabiya TV on Friday purportedly showed one of the men, Sgt Jamshyd Danaifard, saying they were "safe and sound".

He added that Jaish al-Adl wanted the Iranian authorities to exchange 300 Sunni prisoners in Iran and its close ally Syria for the guards.

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More News On Reports That Iran Is Threatening To Send Forces Into Pakistan To Free Captured Border Guards

Iran Says It May Send Forces to Pakistan to Free Border Guards -- Voice of America/Reuters
Iran Threatens To Send Forces Into Pakistan -- Radio Free Europe
Iran threatens to send forces into Pakistani territory -- DAWN
Iran Threatens Military Invasion Of Pakistan -- News Tribe
Iran Intensifies Diplomatic Measures to Free Abducted Soldiers -- Tasnim News Agency
Iran threatens to take action to free abducted border guards -- Tehran Times
Iran Seeking Islamabad’s Permission to Uproot Terrorist Group in Pakistan -- FARS News Agency (Iran)

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