“The security apparatuses and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are working to secure their return,” Brigadier General Ahmadali Goodarzi told Tasnim during a visit to the northwestern city of Orumiyeh.

He also hailed all border guard forces across Iran for their hard work to secure the country’s borders.

On October 15, 2018, the so-called Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group infiltrated Iran from the Pakistani side of the border and took hostage 14 border guards, local Basij forces, and IRGC members.

The IRGC Ground Force’s Quds Base said at the time that the local Basij forces and the border regiment forces stationed at the border post in Mirjaveh region in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan had been abducted after “acts of treason and collusion” involving an element or elements of the anti-Revolution groups who had infiltrated the country.

A number of the abductees have been released since then.

Iranian military forces along the southeastern border areas are frequently attacked by terrorist groups coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Tehran has asked the two neighbors to step up security at the common border to prevent terrorist attacks on Iranian forces.