Tehran: The four Iranian border guards rescued by the Pakistan military from militants returned Friday to Tehran to a hero´s welcome, state television reported.Live footage showed the soldiers dressed in suits stepping off an Antonov 74 transport aircraft and welcomed by their commander, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour who heads the Revolutionary Guards ground forces.The Pakistan military said in a statement on Thursday that it had rescued the soldiers who had been held captive by a militant group in the country´s restive southwest.The statement said the rescue took place in Chaghi district of Balochistan province, approach the Afghan border, but it did much say what date it took place."I am happy that these soldiers are returning to their families at the startning of the new (Iranian) year, but I am also saddened that the remaining soldiers are still in captivity," Pakpour told state television.The families of the remaining soldiers should rest guaranteed, Pakpour added, that "we shall do what is essential to free them as well".TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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