Seven people who did not have Iranian nationality were killed during Pakistan’s missile attack on the southeastern Iranian city early on Thursday, a provincial security official announced.
The attack which occurred at 04:05 hours local time (0335 GMT) targeted an Iranian border village, Ali Reza Marhamati, the deputy governor general of Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeast of Iran told IRNA.
The security official found this after several explosions were heard in the vicinity of Sravan, the official said.
Those who were killed included three women and four children, according to Marhamati.
He went on to say that another explosion occurred near Saravan, fortunately it caused no casualties.
Saravan located 347 km southeast of Zahedan, the capital city of Sistan-Baluchestan, borders with Pakistan.
Pakistani Foreign Ministry also referred to the attack. “This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran. A number of terrorists were killed during the Intelligence-based operation – codenamed ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar', the Ministry said in a statement.
Pakistan said it fully respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran. “The sole objective of today’s act was in pursuit of Pakistan’s own security and national interest which is paramount and cannot be compromised”, it went on saying. Finally, the Ministry noticed, that “Iran is a brotherly country and the people of Pakistan have great respect and affection for the Iranian people. We have always emphasized dialogue and cooperation in confronting common challenges including the menace of terrorism and will continue to endevaour to find joint solutions”.
