The Islamic Republic of Iran has denied any exchange of fire with Pakistani troops along the border.No clashes have occurred between the Iranian and Pakistani military forces along the border, said the border police commander in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Brigadier General Roham-Bakhsh Habibi, on Friday.
This is while Western media have reported exchange ofmortar fire between the two countries, citing Pakistani security sources.
The media reports come two days after the security officials of the two states held talks in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.
At the Wednesday meeting, the Pakistani delegation headed by Frontier Corps Inspector General Major General Ejaz Shahid, and the Iranian team led by Commander of Iran's Border Police Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei discussed the recent border incidents and other issues pertaining to the two countries frontiers.
Both chiefs of border forces ... agreed to tighten security at the border besides sharing intelligence information to maintain peace and order at the border, said Khan Wasay, a spokesman for Pakistans Frontier Corps (FC).
"Cooperation between the two countries in battling terrorists is indispensable," the Pakistani official added.
The meeting came days after Iran summoned Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran Noor Mohammad Jadmani over a series of terrorist incidents that killed several Iranian guards at the Pakistani border.
In the latest border clashes, two Iranian border police officers were killed and several border guards were injured in southeastern Iran on October 16 in an armed conflict with a group of bandits at Iran-Pakistan border.
Iran has repeatedly criticized its eastern neighbors for failing to rein in terrorists who cross the borders back into these countries after carrying out their attacks on Iranian soil. There are reports that Pakistan's controversial spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is escorting the terrorists to the border for operation inside Iran.
By Press TV
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