An Iranian official says no negotiation will take place for the freedom of 16 police officers being held by the Jundullah terrorist group.

Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Abbas Mohtaj said the Interior Ministry is trying its best to free the abductees through diplomatic means.
Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar of governors-general, he added there is no evidence to confirm the allegations that four of the hostages have been killed by the criminal group led by the notorious terrorist, Abdolmalik Rigi.
Earlier, Iran’s Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei had also ruled out the possibility of holding talks with the terrorist Jundullah.
Sixteen police officers were abducted by the gang on June 12 at a checkpoint in the southeastern Iranian city of Saravan in Sistan-Baluchistan province. The hostages were later taken across the border to neighboring Pakistan.
The group has claimed that it has so far killed four hostages, but the Iranian officials have not confirmed it.
The Jundullah terrorist group, which is widely known to be supported, armed and funded by the US intelligence agencies, has committed numerous acts of terrorism in the southeastern part of the country, resulting in the death and injury of many civilians. It is also known to be closely connected with international drug smuggling gangs in the region.
(Source: Press TV)