Pakistan attacks targets in Iran – seven people die, small poisonous jellyfish injure six people in Australia

After an Iranian missile attack on extremists on its territory, Pakistan in turn attacked targets in Iran with missiles. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry announced early Thursday morning that the attacks in Sistan and Balochistan province, as with the previous Iranian military attack, were by the Sunni group Jaish al-Adl. According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, three women and four children were killed.

On Tuesday evening, Iran attacked targets of the extremist Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan. According to Pakistani information, two children were killed. On Tuesday evening, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) had also attacked targets in neighboring Iraq and Syria with ballistic missiles.

The nuclear power Pakistan had sharply criticized the Iranian attacks on its territory and therefore withdrew its ambassador from Tehran on Wednesday.

The unrest followed recent positive developments in relations between the two countries. On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar met at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Neighboring countries also held a joint naval exercise. (sda/dpa)