Police Chief Lauds Iran’s Border Security
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian police chief called the efforts by the country’s border guards “successful”, saying that national borders are completely secure.
“The Law Enforcement forces have carried out successful operations along the country's borders in a way that we managed to arrest or eliminate a huge number of culprits,” Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi Moqaddam told a gathering in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Wednesday.
He also noted that the Law Enforcement forces have begun to dominate some border regions in Sistan and Baluchestan Province for the first time.
Back in March, it was announced that following a number of violent attacks against Iranian border guards and military outposts by foreign terrorists in the area bordering Pakistan, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had been assigned the task of ensuring security in the region.
During his remarks, Ahmadi Moqaddam also commented on the fate of Jamshid Danaeifar, a border guard kidnapped by the Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group back in February, saying that his death has not been confirmed yet.
“According to the information we have obtained from the local intelligence sources, Danaeifar probably has been martyred, but we cannot still confirm it with certainty,” he said.
Earlier on Saturday, deputy governor-general of Sistan and Balouchestan, Ali Asghar Jamshidnejad, said Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group has killed Danaeifar.
On February 6, the Paksitani-based terrorist group abducted five Iranian border guards, including Danaeifar, in Jakigour region in Sistan and Balouchestan Province and took them to Pakistan.
Later on April 6 and following special diplomatic efforts by the Iranian officials, four of the five abductees were released and returned home after being held hostage for two months.
