TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Pakistan's ambassador to Tehran on Sunday over the recent deadly terrorist attack on Iran's border guards.
Iran believes that the Wednesday's terrorist attack on the Iranian guards, which left 27 dead and 13 others injured, was perpetrated by terrorists based in Pakistan.
In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said that Iran conveyed its "strong protest" to the Pakistani ambassador, Riffat Masood, during the meeting.
In the meeting, Iran urged the government and army of Pakistan to seriously deal with the terrorist cells and their bases in the border region between the two countries, and do not allow the terrorists to create further insecurity or hurt the relations between Tehran and Islamabad, Qasemi said.
Iran also asked the Pakistani government to adopt immediate and appropriate measures to identify and arrest the terrorists behind the deadly attack against the Iranian security forces.
For her part, the Pakistani envoy said that she would convey Iran's protest to her government in Pakistan.
According to the Iranian media, the Sunni rebel group Jaish al-Adl has claimed responsibility for the Wednesday attack on the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
