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Iran asks Pak to 'clarify' its links with terror outfit Jondollah |
Iran has once again blamed Pakistan
for Sunday's terror attack on the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRG) in which
42 people were killed, saying there is specific information that the perpetrators
were hiding inside Pakistan and has asked Islamabad to 'clarify' its stance over
reports regarding its links banned terror group, Jondollah. Iran's Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki said that the Sunni rebel group, which carried out a deadly
bombing, was based in Pakistan. "This terrorist grouplet has links with intelligence
services which are based in the region, including in Pakistan and Afghanistan,"
The News quoted Mottaki, as saying. "We will cut off the hands of those who support
them (Jondollah) from our country," Mottaki added. It is worth mentioning here
that a hardcore Islamic terror group, Jondollah, had taken the responsibility
for the attack. Meanwhile, Iran's Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi has asked
Islamabad to 'clarify' its stance over reports regarding its links with Jondollah.
Moslehi alleged that Pakistan's premier intelligene agency, the Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI) has close links with Jondollah. Pakistan, however, dismissed
allegations of supporting the terror group, saying Sunday's attack was aimed at
spoiling ties with Tehran. "There are forces which are out to spoil our relations
with Iran. But our ties are strong enough to counter these machinations," Foreign
Ministry spokesperson, Abdul Basit said. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
has already asked the Pakistan Government to quickly apprehend and hand over 'some
security agents' to Tehran who were reportedly involved in the attack on the Revolutionary
Guards. "We were informed that some security agents in Pakistan are cooperating
with the main elements of this terrorist incident... We regard it as our right
to demand these criminals from them,' Ahmadinejad had said earlier. According
to a television reports, Iran's Foreign Ministry had summoned a senior Pakistani
diplomat in Tehran, saying there was evidence 'the perpetrators of the attack
came to Iran from Pakistan.' |
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