Pakistani forces recover 5 abducted Iranian border guards

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that five of the 12 Iranian guards, abducted by terrorists near the country’s border with Pakistan, were released on Wednesday.

Qassemi thanked the Pakistani government for its efforts to facilitate the release of the guards, expressing hope that the others to be released soon.

The Iranian border guards were kidnapped on October 16 by the so-called Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group at the Mirjaveh border point in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province and were transferred to Pakistan.