Iran news round up – March 26, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project’s Iran…
Tag Archives: Iran Sunni group Jaish al-Adl
Iran ready to wipe out Jaish-ul-Adl terrorists: MP
A senior Iranian lawmaker has held the Pakistani government responsible for the lives of the kidnapped Iranian border guards, expressing Tehran’s readiness…
FM writes letter to UN chief over abducted diplomat, border guards
Tehran, March 26, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote a letter Wednesday to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to…
Pakistan expected to secure Iranian guards’ release: Iran FM
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Zarif slams Pakistan over the case of Iranian border guards Iranian…
Pakistan saddened over Iranian guard’s killing
ISLAMABD: Pakistan is deeply saddened over the reported killing of one of the five Iranian border guards, abducted in the Sistan-Balochistan province…
Iran news round up – March 25, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project’s Iran…
Iran daily: Tehran turns on Pakistan over execution of kidnapped border guard
Iran’s officials lined up on Tuesday to criticize Pakistan over the killing of a kidnapped Iranian border guard by Sunni insurgents last…
Iran summons Pakistani envoy over fate of Iranian border guards
Tehran, March 26, IRNA – Iran Foreign Ministry summoned Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran in a bid to follow up the case of…
Zarif slams Pakistan over the case of Iranian border guards
Tehran, March 26, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarrif here on Wednesday expressed regret over Pakistanˈs inability to establish security…
US spokesman calls for immediate release of Iranian border guards
Tehran, March 26, IRNA – Spokesman for the US Department of State Alan Eyre called for immediate release and safe return of…
Tehran holds Islamabad responsible for border guard’s death
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs said the onus is on the Pakistani government to give an explanation for the…
UN chief condemns killing of Iranian border guard
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemns the killing of one of the five Iranian border guards kidnapped by terrorists and transferred to…
Onus on Pakistan to protect border guards lives: MP
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Pakistani govˈt responsible for safety of abducted Iranian border guards: MP Chairman…
Pakistani govˈt responsible for safety of abducted Iranian border guards: MP
Tehran, March 25, IRNA – Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi emphasized that the government of Pakistan…
Jaish-ul-Adl terrorists kill one of captive Iranian border guards
Iran’s Interior Ministry has confirmed that one of the five border guards abducted by terrorists and transferred to Pakistan last month has…
Iran rejects abducted guard’s execution
TEHRAN, March 24 (MNA) – Iranian Interior Ministry has not confirmed reports about one of the five kidnapped border guard’s execution news…
Iranian wrestlers ask UN to help free abducted soldiers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian freestyle wrestlers in a statement on Tuesday asked the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Gary Lewis, to help…
Petition to free Iranian abducted soldiers
TEHRAN, March 10 (MNA) – Tehran Peace Museum has issued an online petition in support of five Iranian kiddnapped border guards. On…
Iranian actor calls for intl. support to release abducted guards
TEHRAN, March 8 (MNA) – Iranian actor Reza Kianian has asked international organizations to help release abducted Iranian border guards. Reza Kianian…
Iranian, Pakistani FMs confer on freedom of kidnapped border guards
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Pakistan have been in consultations over the release of the five abducted Iranians…
Iranian Balochi extremist groups are silent and lack unity
Boundary lines between Sunni Baloch extremist groups in the Sistan-Balochistan region of Iran have been difficult to identify. As more operations within…
Iranian artists, Journalists ask UN to help free abducted border guards
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian artists, journalists and academics in a statement issued on Tuesday asked the UN, international figures and the Pakistani government…
‘Kidnapped Iranian border guards released’
The five Iranian border guards kidnapped in the southeastern Iranian Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province have been released, say Pakistani sources. The border guards had…
Iran warns to ‘uproot’ border guards’ kidnappers
A senior Iranian lawmaker says Tehran will seriously deal with the Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group should they commit any brutal act against kidnapped…
Efforts ongoing to free Iran border guards: Official
A top Iranian official says efforts are ongoing to free the five Iranian border guards who were recently abducted and transferred to…
Terrorist group threatens to execute abducted Iranian soldiers
The terrorist group holding five Iranian border guards hostage in Pakistan has threatened to execute them in retaliation for the alleged hanging…
Pakistan finds Iran guards’ kidnappers hideout
ILNA: Pakistan has found the hiding place of the so-called Jaish-ul-Adl group which have abducted Iranian border guards, official with the Iranian…
Pakistan would ‘cooperate effectively’ to release kidnapped border guards
TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – Minister of Interior has said Pakistan would positively and effectively cooperate in an attempt to help release…
Iran can hunt Jaish-ul-Adl terrorists in Pakistan, Afghanistan: MP
An Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republic, if need be, has the capability to hunt down the members of the so-called Jaish-ul-Adl…
Pakistan, Iran must resolve issues through talks: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Friday that Iran and Pakistan were tied in common religious, historical and brotherly relations…
Joint panel formed to recover Iranian guards
QUETTA: The Pakistan-Iran joint border commission has stressed the need for coordinated efforts against cross-border terrorism and formed a committee to prepare…
Iran delegation in Pakistan to free abducted guards
An Iranian delegation is in Pakistan to negotiate the release of five Iranian border guards abducted by Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group, an Iranian…
Pakistan warns Iran not to send in troops after guards kidnapped
(Reuters) – Pakistan warned Iran on Tuesday not to send troops across the two countries’ shared border to retrieve five kidnapped Iranian border guards, an incident…
Abducted Iranian border guards in good health: Official
Tehran has urged Islamabad to seriously pursue the fate of the abducted Iranian border guards who were transferred to Pakistan. “Through legal…
Iran says may send forces into Pakistan territory
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran’s interior minister has warned Pakistan that Iranian forces may enter Pakistani and Afghan territory to released border…
Video shows abducted Iranian guards in good health
A new footage shows five Iranian border guards abducted by the Jaish-ul-Adl Takfiri terrorist group in good health. The video first broadcast…
Iran would not wait for action by Pakistan
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s Minister of Interior has said Iran will not wait for action by Pakistan government about terrorist…
Senior Sunni MP urges Iranian armed forces to destroy Jeish Al-Adl terrorist group
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Iranian Parliament’s Sunni Fraction Abed Fattahi demanded the country’s Armed Forces to chase Jeish Al-Adl – a…
Iran Daily: The Sunni insurgency in the Southeast
Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has said Pakistan is accountable for last week’s abduction of five Iranian border guards (pictured) by the Sunni insurgency…
Iranian abducted border guards in full health, says MP
TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian parliament member said the five Iranian border guards kidnapped by Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group are safe and sound. “Based…