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Unidentified armed forces raided the Iranian border and killed 9 Pakistani civilians. Iran: Will not let enemies destroy brotherly relations

According to a report by the Islamic Republic News Agency on the 28th, in the early morning of the 27th local time, unidentified armed men attacked a residence of foreigners in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran, killing 9 Pakistanis and 3 others. Pakistanis were injured. Three armed men fled after the attack. No organization has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Pakistani Embassy in Iran announced on the 27th that the attacker was a Pakistani worker working in Iran, and the local Pakistani consul in Iran was arranging for the remaining injured to go to the hospital. The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs later confirmed the incident and condemned it. According to Pakistan’s “Dawn” report, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Baloch said that Pakistan is in contact with Iran, and Pakistan emphasized the need to immediately investigate the incident and hold those involved accountable.

Alireza Malhamati, deputy governor of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province, condemned this terrorist act on the 27th and expressed sympathy to the families of the victims and the people of Pakistan. Malhamati promised to identify those behind the incident and the province’s judicial, security and intelligence agencies would take decisive action against those who endanger security.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani issued a statement on the 28th, expressing condolences to the Pakistani government and the families of the victims. Relevant Iranian parties are investigating the attack. Iran and Pakistan “will not allow enemies to destroy the brotherly relations between the two countries.”

According to Iran’s “Tehran Times” report, on the 27th local time, at the ceremony to accept the credentials of Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Mohammad Mudasir Tipu, Iranian President Raisi said that Tehran and Islamabad are brothers and share the same religious and cultural differences. are inseparably linked to our common civilization. Leahy said that the Iran-Pakistan border is an opportunity for economic exchanges and strengthening the security of the two countries, and it is necessary to protect this opportunity from any insecurity. “Pakistan’s security is Iran’s own security, and the two countries are welcome to carry out regional cooperation to fight terrorism.” The Pakistani ambassador said that Pakistan will not allow terrorists to create insecurity on the borders between the two countries, “even though the enemies of Iran and Pakistan try to weaken both countries.” relations between the two countries, but the relationship between the two countries is historical and strategic.”

The foreign ministries of Iran and Pakistan issued a joint statement on the 22nd, announcing that the two ambassadors to each other’s countries would return to their posts before the 26th. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Mohammad Mudasir Tipu arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on the 26th. At the same time, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghaddam arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad that afternoon.

“Tehran Times” mentioned that Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Kakar said in an interview with Pakistani media on the 27th that Iran is a “friendly and brotherly country” of Pakistan and that there are no fundamental differences or strategic conflicts between the two countries. Islamabad is willing to strengthen cooperation with Tehran to deal with common threats on the border between the two countries. Kakar also said that Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahiyan will visit Islamabad on the 29th.

In recent times, Iran and Pakistan have repaired their relations in a timely manner after attacking each other’s targets in each other’s territory and causing diplomatic turmoil. Mohammad Asif Noor, director of the Islamabad Institute of Peace and Diplomacy, said in an interview with a reporter from the Global Times on the 28th that a series of recent attacks mostly occurred in the Balochistan region, which is located in Pakistan, Iran, At the junction of the three countries of Afghanistan, in the Gobi desert terrain, some residents live in tribal groups and live a semi-nomadic life.

Noor said that the lifestyle of local residents makes it very difficult for the three Bahia and Bahia countries to carry out border management and resident identification in the area, causing the area to become a hotbed of crime, terrorism and regional separatist forces. Since the US military irresponsibly withdrew from Afghanistan, international terrorist forces, including the extremist organization “Islamic State”, have entered the Balochistan region, making the anti-terrorism situation increasingly severe. Noor believes that terrorists are the common enemies of Iran and Pakistan, and there is room for optimization between the two countries in coordinating counter-terrorism. The current reconciliation between the two countries in the diplomatic field is a good step forward. In the future, the two countries can strengthen communication and establish a direct counter-terrorism military dialogue mechanism to avoid similar “misunderstanding incidents” from happening again.

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2024-01-29 02:19:46