Iran warns Saudi Arabia and UAE, criticizes Pakistan, over a recent terrorist attack against IRGC forces

Tabnak – Following a deadly terrorist attack against Iranian military personnel in the southeast of the country, top commander of Iran’s IRGC warns some neighboring countries of becoming the target of the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory moves over their support of anti-Iran terrorist groups.

The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned Saudi Arabia and the UAE that they could face retaliatory measures for supporting terrorists on behalf of the US and Israel.

General Mohammad Ali Jafari on Saturday stressed that Iran would give a "decisive" response to a Wednesday terrorist attack which killed 27 IRGC border guards in the southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province.

"The patience that the establishment once exercised against conspiracies and reactionary regimes in the region, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE which carry out these acts on orders from the US and the Zionist regime, will be different and we will definitely take reparative measures," he said.

Jafari said, "The enemies must be sure that the comrades of these martyrs and all those who have made covenants with the people to establish security, are even more determined to defend them and deal a yet stronger blow to the enemies."

Elsewhere in his remarks, Jafari criticized Pakistan for providing shelter for the terrorists. “The Pakistani government, which has sheltered these anti-revolutionary and dangerous elements for Islam and knows where their hideouts are…, should be held accountable for the crime that has been committed,” he said.

On Wednesday night when a number of IRGC forces were traveling between the cities of Zahedan and Khash, in Sistan and Balouchestan province, their bus was hit by the suicide car bomb attack.

The IRGC’s Quds Base said in a statement that an explosives-laden car rammed into the bus, which was taking the personnel back to their homes. The attack killed 27 IRGC members and injured 13 others. The so-called Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Thursday there are clear links between the terror attack and spy agencies of some countries in the region and beyond, urging Iranian security organizations to seriously pursue the issue.

Also on Friday, the United Nations Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” the “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack. Council Members expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the government and families of the 27 victims on Thursday and wished a “speedy and full recovery” to the 13 injured.

“Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security,” reaffirmed the Council. It also underlined the need to hold “perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice.”