TEHRAN – Iran summoned Pakistani Ambassador Asif Ali Khan Durrani onThursday and conveyed its protest against the terrorist attack on thecountry’s border guards, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

Armed bandits killed three Iranian Basij volunteer forces and wounded eightothers in Mirjaveh — the main road-crossing point between Iran and Pakistan— early Tuesday, according to Iran’s official news agency. Mirjaveh is atown in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Sistan and Baluchistan Province Deputy Governor General for SecurityAffairs Mohammad Hadi Mar’ashi said an Iranian delegation will pay anofficial visit to Pakistan to discuss border security with Pakistaniofficials.

Two Iranian border guards had earlier been killed by armed assailants at aborder post in Zabol in the country’s southeastern province on June 21.

Iran’s border guards were able to kill two of the bandits. Around 1.1 tonsof illegal drugs were confiscated from the bandits, IRNA reported.