In a significant and unprecedented turn of events, Pakistan has conducted multiple airstrikes at seven locations within Iran, resulting in the unfortunate death of 9 Iranians. The strikes, reported to have targeted terrorist launchpads and camps, have raised tensions between the two neighboring nations.
China has expressed its willingness to mediate between Pakistan and Iran following the airstrikes. This development comes as Pakistan becomes the first country since the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s to conduct airstrikes inside Iran, marking a critical escalation in regional tensions.
The Iranian-based terror outfit, Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), claims that its camps in Iran were specifically targeted by Pakistan. In response, Pakistan has emphasized its actions as a response to terrorism, targeting hideouts and training camps of terrorists in Iran’s Sistan Balochistan province.
The recent military actions mark a rare occurrence where both Pakistan and Iran have engaged in attacks on each other’s soil within the same week. The operations on both sides resulted in casualties, with Pakistan claiming that a number of militants were killed in its strikes, while Iran reported casualties, including three women and four children, in its retaliatory action.
Pakistan, in a statement, revealed that its forces executed highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province under the operation name ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar,’ loosely translating to “death to guerrilla fighters. The foreign ministry emphasized that the action was taken in response to credible intelligence about impending large-scale terrorist activities. The situation remains dynamic and fluid, with conflicting reports emerging from both sides.
