Nine Pakistanis Killed in Iran: Iranian Embassy Condemns

Iran condemned the killing of nine Pakistanis in Sarawan city on Saturday and said that the enemies of Iran and Pakistan will not be allowed to harm the brotherly relations of the two countries, while the Pakistani ambassador who arrived in Tehran on Saturday told the Iranian president Present your diplomatic credentials.

In a statement released on Sunday by the Iranian Embassy on X, it was said that ‘Iran strongly condemns the armed incident in Sarawan in which nine Pakistani citizens were killed and three were injured.

The statement also expressed condolences to the Pakistani government and the families of the victims.

The statement added that Iran and Pakistan will not allow enemies to harm the relations between the two countries.

On Saturday, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported that unknown gunmen killed nine foreign nationals in Sirkan, near the city of Sarawan in Sistan-Baluchistan province, near the Pakistani border.

Maher said that no individual or group has yet accepted the responsibility of this incident.

However, according to the British news agency Reuters, the Baloch organization Halwish claimed on its website that the dead were Pakistani workers who lived and worked in an auto workshop.

According to the website, three other people were also injured in the firing.

After this incident, Pakistan’s caretaker foreign minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said in a statement on X that he was saddened by the deaths of Pakistanis in the terrorist attack in Iran.

“This heinous attack is an attempt by our common enemies to spoil the relations between Pakistan and Iran.”

He expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and urged the Iranian government to take action.

After which the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Office has condemned the armed action near the city of Saravan on Saturday and said that the relevant authorities of our country are investigating the incident. Iran and Pakistan will not allow enemies to harm the brotherly relations of the two countries.

On the other hand, after the restoration of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Iran, Pakistani Ambassador Mudassar Tipu, who arrived in Tehran on Saturday, presented his diplomatic credentials to Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi.

The Pakistani embassy in Tehran said in a statement on X that “Pakistani Ambassador Mudassar Tipu presented his diplomatic credentials to Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi during a ceremony held at the President’s House of Iran.”

On January 17, Pakistan decided to recall the Pakistani ambassador posted in Iran, while the Iranian ambassador posted in Pakistan, who was in Iran at that time, was stopped from entering Pakistan.

Earlier on January 16, Pakistan’s Foreign Office confirmed late on Tuesday night that Iran had violated its airspace, resulting in the death of two children and injuries to three others.

The Foreign Office in Islamabad had strongly condemned Iran’s “unprovoked violation” of Pakistan’s airspace, saying the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty was “unacceptable” and could have “serious consequences”.

Iran’s official media reported on Tuesday that Iran targeted two bases of the Baloch militant group Jaish-ul-Adl in Pakistan with missiles.

After which Pakistan announced to recall its ambassador from Iran, while on Thursday, January 18, Pakistan announced to target terrorist hideouts inside Iran.

On this occasion, the Public Relations Department of the Pakistan Army or ISPR said that “this morning (Thursday) Pakistan has carried out effective attacks against the bases inside Iran which are the ‘terrorists’ responsible for the recent attacks in Pakistan.” were in use.’

In a statement issued to the media from Rawalpindi, the ISPR said that ‘precision strikes were carried out using color drones, rockets, landmines and stand-off weapons during which more was done to avoid widespread casualties. More caution was taken than.

According to the statement: “The hideouts used by the terrorist organizations Balochistan Liberation Army (BRA) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) were successfully targeted in an intelligence-led operation codenamed Murg Bar Sarmchar.” .’

The Pakistan Army said that the targeted hideouts were being used by notorious ‘terrorists’ including Dost alias Chairman, Bajar alias Sughat, Sahil alias Shafaq, Asghar alias Bisham and Wazir alias Wazi.

The news agency AFP reported with reference to Iran’s official news agency IRNA that nine people were killed in the attack by Pakistan.

After which Pakistan and Iran had agreed on the full restoration of relations on January 22 after a telephonic conversation between the foreign ministers of both countries.

According to a statement issued by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 22, after a telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of the two countries, it was decided that the ambassadors of Islamabad and Tehran will be able to return to their positions from January 26.

In this joint statement, it was further said that on the invitation of Pakistan’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, his Iranian counterpart Hussain Amir Abdullahian will visit Islamabad on the 29th.

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