IRNA - French Foreign Ministry condemned the terrorist attack on the border between Iran and Paksitan which claimed the lives of nine Iranian border guards.

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a message released on its website said, �We offer our condolences to the victims� families and to the Iranian people.�

'France condemns the attack by an armed group on the border between Iran and Pakistan that claimed the lives of at least eight Iranian border guards on April 26,' the message added.

On Wednesday evening, nine Iranian border guards were martyred during an ambush attack by terrorists.

They were reportedly killed while patrolling in the city of Mirjaveh in Iran�s southeastern province of sistan-Baluchestan.

Mirjaveh is located 75 km east of the provincial capital city of Zahedan.