Five of the dead Guard members will be buried there and the rest will be buried in nearby cities and towns in Isfahan province. The assault killed members of the Guard’s Imam Hussein division, which played a significant role in various battles during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war. Since its founding in 2012, it has abducted or killed border guards in hit-and-run assaults from its havens in Pakistan. It kidnapped 11 Iranian border guards in October. Jafari said Iran expects Pakistan to “punish” the group, which allegedly has taken refuge in the country’s southwest.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2019 08:02 UTC