According to Pakistan, the attack was launched because the intelligence received from the border region of Iran pointed to terrorist activity.
Pakistan has carried out a missile attack on the southeastern part of Iran, near the border between the two countries. According to Pakistan, the attack destroyed militant hideouts.
– Pakistan has attacked an Iranian border village with missiles. Three women and four children were killed in this attack. None of them were citizens of Iran, said a representative of the regional administration Alireza Marhamati According to Iranian state media.
According to Marhamat, the attack was carried out in a village near the city of Sarava near the border with Pakistan.
The Iranian Mehr news agency had previously reported on an airplane and missile attack on the area that injured several people.
According to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, the target of the attack was militants hiding near the border.
“This morning, Pakistan carried out a series of highly coordinated precision strikes on terrorist hideouts in the Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran,” the Foreign Ministry statement said.
According to the statement, the reason for the attacks was credible intelligence that pointed to widespread terrorist activity. However, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan respects Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
– The only purpose of the attack was to advance Pakistan’s own national and security interests, which are of paramount importance and cannot be compromised, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reasoned. Iran carried out an air strike on Pakistan the other day.
Iran carried out an air strike on Pakistan the other day. According to Iran, the target of the attack was a terrorist organization that had said that it had attacked a police station in the southeastern part of Iran last month. At least 11 policemen were killed in the attack.
After the attack, Pakistan withdrew its ambassador from Iran and said it would take the matter to the UN Security Council.
Iran, on the other hand, has invited Pakistan’s charge d’affaires to Iran for an interview due to Pakistan’s missile attack on Iran, Iranian media reported.
On Thursday, China offered to act as a mediator in the tense situation between Iran and Pakistan and once again urged the parties to be calm. Both Iran and Pakistan are close allies of China.
AFP-STT