TEHRAN: A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander on Tuesday said his force should be given permission to hunt down ‘terrorists’ inside neighbouring Pakistan, state television reported.

The television report, which gave no direct quotes, said the commander of the Guards’ ground forces, Mohammad Pakpour, called for the ‘issuing of necessary permissions allowing the Guards to confront terrorists on Pakistani soil’.

It did not give details or specify whether he was referring to authorisation for such an operation from the Pakistani government or from Iranian authorities.—Reuters