Iran, Pakistan Pledge Enhanced Border Security Cooperation Against ‘Terrorism’

Iran and Pakistan said Saturday that they had agreed to strengthen their joint efforts to ensure security along their shared border. Saturday’s meeting in Tehran between the chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, and Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, focused on enhancing collaboration to combat “terrorist groups and operations.”

Salami emphasized the significance of mutual cooperation to counter terrorism and security threats along the border and expressed the IRGC’s readiness to collaborate with the Pakistani army. Munir underscored the importance of enhancing defense and security interactions between the two nations, expressing Pakistan’s readiness to cooperate with Iran to resolve problems arising from “terrorist activities” in border areas.

The southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been the site of several armed attacks in recent years. Last week, an attack on a police station in the province resulted in six deaths. The Salafi Islamist militant organization Jaish ul-Adl, which Iran recognizes as a terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the attack.