A senior military official said that the bandits who abducted 21 citizens on Chabahar-Iranshahr road in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan this morning are members of Abdul-Malik Rigi’s group.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to pay a visit to Tehran this fall to attend a summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states.

An Iranian military official said that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is vigilantly watchful of each and every move made by enemies in the Persian Gulf.