article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Eight Iranian border guards have been killed in clashes with militants near the border with Pakistan, Iranian state media reported.
article_snippet.sent: Three of militants near the border with Pakistan were killed by Iranian forces in the fighting Monday in the southeastern town of Negur, the state-run news agency IRNA reported.
article_snippet.sent: the state-run news agency IRNA cited Ali Asghar Mirshekari, the deputy governor of Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province, who said militants near the border with Pakistan crossed into Iranian from Pakistan.
article_snippet.sent: One of the deadliest was in October 2013, when 14 Iranian border guards were killed near the city of Saravan.
article_snippet.sent: Iranian authorities say that after similar attacks, the militants have fled back into Balochistan.
article_snippet.sent: Iran has repeatedly criticized Iran eastern neighbor for failing to rein in the terrorists," IRNA said, referring to Pakistan.
article_snippet.sent: Iran condemned Monday's attack, calling Iran an "act of terrorism."