At least seven people, including three women and four children, have been killed in Pakistan’s retaliatory attacks on Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, said the province’s deputy governor Alireza Marhamati on state TV, in the latest escalation of violence that has dramatically soared relations between the two countries. Marhamati said the people killed in Pakistan’s attack were foreign citizens, CNN reported.
Iranian state media reported explosions around Saravan and an investigation has been launched by security officials. “At 4:30 a.m. explosions were heard in a border village, several missiles were fired at the village,” Marhamati said. The attacks come in retaliation to Iran’s missile and drone strikes in Balochistan on Tuesday targeting the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl.
More details are awaited.
