Pakistan has hit Iran with “highly coordinated” military strikes, a little more than 24 hours after Iranian air strikes in Balochistan, further raising tensions between the neighbours and sparking fears of a broader conflict.
On Thursday morning, according to a statement from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan conducted what it called an “intelligence-based operation” against hideouts of armed groups in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran.
"This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in the Siestan and Baluchistan province of Iran," the statement said. "A number of terrorists were killed during the Intelligence-based operation codenamed ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar,’" the statement pointed out.
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Iranian state media reported three women and four children were killed in explosions in the country’s southeast.
ReplyDeleteThe ministry also said Islamabad "fully respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran," adding that "the sole objective of today’s act was in pursuit of Pakistan’s own security and national interest which is paramount and cannot be compromised."
ReplyDeletePakistani aircraft have entered the airspace of Iran and successfully returned after delivering strikes on hideouts on its territory, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a source.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires in Tehran, the Iranian agency Young Journalists Club reports.
ReplyDeleteThe diplomat was summoned to provide explanations about the recent strike of the Pakistan Armed Forces on targets in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Iran's foreign ministry has not offered an official comment.
An Iranian security official told Press TV that Tehran had demanded clarifications from Islamabad over the Pakistani Air Force's missile strikes on targets in Iran.