The Iranian intelligence and interior ministries vowed on Monday to hold accountable the perpetrators of the deadly attack on the Rask police station in the Sistan and Balochistan province last week.
Fridya's attack was claimed by “Jaish al-Adl”. It left Iranian police officers dead and critically wounded eight others.
Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said on Monday the security agencies will bring the perpetrators to justice.
Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on the sidelines of the meeting of provincial governors in Iran that authorities were “seriously” pursuing the perpetrators of the Rask attack.
Vahidi said investigations showed that the attackers had entered Iranian territory from neighboring Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held on Monday a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart, Jalil Abbas Jilani. The Iranian FM demanded Islamabad to identify the perpetrators behind the attack, the Iranian Mehr news agency reported.
Jalani strongly condemned the attack, expressing Pakistan’s firm commitment to working closely with Iran in confronting terrorism, which is a challenge to regional peace and security.
On Sunday, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said the country stands in full solidarity with the government and the people of Iran in the tragedy.
One day after the attack, Iranian authorities executed a prisoner convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service in Sistan-Balochistan. It did not offer any details on the identity of the prisoner or the date of his arrest.