Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast expressed sorrow on recent conflict in Badakhshan province of Tajikistan which caused damage and casualties to a number of citizens.
He said on Saturday that Iran hopes that recent incident in Badakhshan province will end promptly with the least damage and casualties.
He expressed hope that tranquility and security would come back to the society.
Last week, Security chief of the province was killed by unknown armed persons. After the assassination, state forces clashed with armed assailants in which a number of people in both sides were killed or wounded.
Rebels in Tajikistan have refused to disarm or hand over a former warlord wanted by the authorities, increasing the chances that the government will launch a new military offensive against them, a senior security source said on Saturday.
Fighters in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region near the Afghan border are locked in a standoff with the government after President Imomali Rakhmon sent troops into the area on Tuesday to look for a former opposition warlord accused of killing a local security chief. The prosecutor-general said on Saturday that the heavy fighting that followed had killed 17 troops, 30 rebels and one civilian.
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The Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the recent conflicts in Tajikistan, and underlined the necessity for the restoration of security and tranquility in the Central Asian country.
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