Tehran says at least seven killed in Pakistan’s air strike on border village

Iran says at least seven people, including four children, have been killed in missile strikes by Pakistan on Iranian soil, two days after Iran launched its own strikes in Pakistan.

Pakistan had warned Tehran there would be “serious consequences” for Tuesday’s attack, which it said killed at least two children in western Pakistan.

Multiple blasts were heard in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan on Thursday, according to state news agency IRNA.

Pakistan’s foreign ministry said it had conducted air strikes targeting Baloch separatist groups inside Iran. Several missiles hit a border village, officials in Tehran said.

  • jak@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Anyone know how it happened that none of those killed were Iranian citizens? The citizenship laws seem pretty accepting, considering (no mention of religion or ethnicity, so it sounds like the Jewish and Baloch populations are probably citizens), so it seems like either Iran is sheltering large numbers foreign nationals or like Pakistan has incredible precision and still killed children.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Eh… I know there’s about a million Afghan refugees in Iran that are considered internally displaced people. I think acquiring citizenship would be pretty hard for this population, especially considering they require a fair bit of documentation.