News - Middle East: Iran has called on the UN Security Council to condemn the terrorist attack in its Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani on Friday wrote to the Security Council to call for appropriate measures against the perpetrators of the attack in southeastern Iran.

Iravani also said Tehran is committed to punish and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Three Iranian border guards were killed when gunmen opened fire at a gas station in the town of Mirjaveh.

The Jaish al-Adl terrorist group claimed responsibility. The group has been behind several terrorist attacks in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

“I am writing to inform you of yet another appalling and cowardly terrorist attack on my country, the Islamic Republic of Iran, carried out by the known terrorist group, Jaish al-Adl,” Iravani said in the letter.

“In the late hours of 12 September 2024, this foreign-backed group, linked to and supported by Daesh Khorasan (ISIL-K), notorious for its violent activities since 2012, launched a brutal attack in the border city of Mirjaveh in Sistan and Baluchistan province,” Iravani wrote.

“At a gas station in Mirjaveh, an armed group affiliated with Jaish al-Adl opened fire on an Iranian law enforcement vehicle as border guards and officers were refueling,” he said.

He added that the terrorist act led to the martyrdom of Second Lieutenant Mohammad Amin Narouei, Private Parsa Soozani, and Private Amir Ebrahimzadeh.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns such heinous criminal terrorism and underscores its unwavering commitment to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice and held accountable,” he wrote.

Jaish al-Adl, a notorious terrorist group headquartered in Pakistan, has been involved in numerous terror attacks against Iran.

Iran has repeatedly called on Pakistan to prevent terrorist groups from gaining a foothold in their border region.

One of the latest attacks occurred in April when at least five police officers were killed in an assault by the terror group in the province.

On January 16, two major strongholds of the group in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan were precisely struck and completely wiped out by a salvo of missiles and a squadron of combat drones.

This followed an assault on Rask County’s police headquarters on December 15 last year, which claimed the lives of 11 police officers and injured at least six others.

Source: Press TV