Just 12 days after Iran’s airstrike on Pakistan, tension between the two countries has once again increased.
On Saturday, nine people were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the south-eastern area of Iran adjacent to Pakistan. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Mudassir Tipu has confirmed the incident.
Let us tell you that these Pakistanis used to work in the south-eastern border area of Iran. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says that they are in touch with the Iran administration regarding this matter. Pakistan says that this is a despicable act of terrorists.
Iran’s news agency says that 9 people, who are non-Iranians, were murdered inside a house in Saravan city.
No official media outlet has reported the shooting in its news and no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Halwash, an advocacy group for the Baloch people, shared images online of what appeared to be the bodies of the victims.
The group said three people were injured. It was also reported that he was a Pakistani citizen. He identified four people, saying all the victims were employees at a vehicle maintenance shop.
Iran’s Interior Minister has only said that the people killed were foreigners. Pakistani Ambassador to Iran said, extremely saddened by the killing of 9 Pakistanis. This is a big shock.
The Embassy stands with the family. He said that help is also expected from Iran in this matter.
Last week, Pakistan had retaliated in the same area, reportedly targeting terrorist hideouts, killing at least nine people.
The attacks follow Iran’s attack on Pakistani soil on Tuesday, which killed two children in the south-western Baluchistan province.
On the night of 16 January, Iran attacked Pakistan’s Balochistan with missiles and drones. In response to this, Pakistan also carried out airstrike in Iran.
After this the tension between the two countries increased considerably. After this tension, Pakistan had recalled its ambassador. After the talks, some tension subsided and Ambassador Madassir had returned to Tehran a day earlier. Let us tell you that both Iran and Pakistan had carried out air strikes in the same areas where Baloch population lives.