Monday, April 14, 2025 - The Pakistani government said on Sunday that at least eight of its citizens were killed in southeastern Iran.
In a statement released by the government, the people, who
have yet to be identified, were killed in the Mehrestan County of
Sistan-Baluchistan province, which borders Pakistan.
According to the statement, the Pakistani Embassy in Tehran
and Consulate in Zahidan are working with Iranian authorities to investigate
the killings and repatriate the victims’ remains.
It also said that further details on the identification of
the deceased and the circumstances surrounding their deaths will be shared once
available.
Tehran last year said it struck militants from the Jaish al
Adl (JAA) group in Pakistan, while Islamabad said it hit bases of the
separatist Baloch Liberation Front and Baloch Liberation Army in Iran.
The militant groups operate in an area that includes
Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan and Iran’s southeastern
Sistan-Baluchestan province.
Both regions are reportedly restive, mineral-rich and
largely underdeveloped.
Last year’s tit-for-tat strikes by the two countries are
said to be the highest-profile cross-border intrusions in recent years.
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