Iran denies Iranian border guards had tortured Afghan citizens

TEHRAN: Iran has rejected reports claiming that Iranian border guards had tortured and thrown Afghans into a river to prevent their illegal entry into the country, the media reported.

"The incident affecting a number of Afghanistan's citizens has taken place on that country's soil and the Islamic Republic of Iran's border guards have denied any involvement in this regard,"  Press TV quoted Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying on Sunday.

"Taking into account the significance of the issue and in order to obtain accurate information about how the incident took place on the Afghan soil, we have been probing the issue in cooperation with that country's officials," Mousavi added.

On Saturday, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said an inquiry has been launched and a senior official in the presidential palace in Kabul said initial assessments suggested that at least 70 Afghans who were trying to enter Iran from bordering Herat province were beaten and pushed into the Harirud river. (IANS) 

Read More: US move to extend arms' embargo unlawful: Iran

Also Watch: Gaurav Gogoi In an exclusive chat with Oineetom Ojah only on Sentinel Assam