Pakistan shells targets in Iran – China wants to mediate

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Pakistan shells targets in Iran – China offers to mediate

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Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Wednesday's attacks were not aimed at Pakistan

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Wednesday’s attacks were not aimed at Pakistan

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Pakistan has carried out attacks against “anti-Pakistan militant groups” in Iran. Several terrorists are said to have been killed. On Tuesday, Iran attacked targets in the neighboring country from the air. Now China has offered its role as a mediator.

NAfter the mutual missile attacks by Iran and Pakistan, China offered itself as a mediator. “Iran and Pakistan are China’s close neighbors, friendly countries and countries with great influence, and China sincerely hopes that both sides can maintain calm and exercise restraint,” a Beijing Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday. “If there is a need on both sides, we are also ready to play a constructive role in easing the situation.”

After an Iranian airstrike on Pakistani territory, Pakistan attacked targets in Iran, according to an intelligence official. The Pakistani intelligence official spoke to the AFP news agency on Thursday of attacks against “anti-Pakistan militant groups” in the neighboring country.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry spoke of “targeted military precision attacks against terrorist hideouts in the Iranian province of Sistan-Balochistan” in the southeast of the neighboring country. Several “terrorists” were killed. “This morning’s action was carried out in light of credible information about impending large-scale terrorist activity,” it said in a statement. This action reflects Pakistan’s determination to protect and defend its national security against all threats, it said.

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Iranian state television reported that three women and four children were killed in a village near the border. The fatalities were not Iranian citizens. The Mehr news agency spoke of a “drone and missile attack” on the city of Saravan, which is located in the Sistan-Balochistan province bordering Pakistan. The Irna news agency had previously reported explosions around the city.

Pakistan accused Iran on Wednesday of killing two children in an airstrike on its territory. The Pakistani government said on Wednesday it had the right to respond to Iran’s “illegal act.” In response to the attack, she first recalled her ambassador in Tehran.

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Iran spoke of an attack against the Sunni jihadist group Jaish al-Adl that was not directed against Pakistanis, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian asserted. Pakistan and Iran repeatedly accuse each other of allowing extremists to carry out attacks on the other country from their territory.

Jaish al-Adl was founded in 2012 by former members of a radical Sunni movement. In recent years, the group has carried out several attacks in Iran, where it is classified as a terrorist organization. In December, the group claimed responsibility for an attack that left eleven dead on the police headquarters in the city of Rask in southeastern Iran.

Several insurgent groups operate in Iran and Pakistan. They all pursue the common goal of an independent Balochistan for the Baloch people in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.

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