The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday, January 17, that it has summoned Iran’s representative in Islamabad following a missile attack by Iran on Pakistani territory, which resulted in the death of two children. The ministry stated that the Iranian ambassador has been summoned for the “unjustified violation” of Pakistan’s airspace. The ministry stated that the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty is completely unacceptable and may have serious consequences.
According to the latest reports, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in its first statement, announced on the same day that Pakistan has summoned its ambassador from Iran and is preventing the return of the Tehran ambassador to Islamabad.
However, users on online platforms reported explosions in the Balochistan province in western Pakistan, which shares a 1,000 km border with Iran. Pakistani media mentioned the city of Panjgur.
Iran’s state-run news agency, Nour News, reported on social media that this attack targeted two important headquarters of the “Justice Army (Jaish ul-Adl)” group in the neighboring country. It was stated that these headquarters had been destroyed by missiles and drones.
The Jaish ul-Adl movement confirmed the drone and missile attack on its own positions through a statement.
The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Thursday that the unlawful actions of Iran are particularly concerning because there are multiple communication channels between the two countries.
The statement mentioned that such unilateral actions are not compatible with the spirit of good neighborly relations and can severely undermine bilateral trust.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had previously bombed locations in Iraq and Syria. The IRGC claimed to have destroyed a Mossad spy service “command center” on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The target, however, was a civilian home and resulted in the death of civilians. In addition, the regime claimed to have fired rockets at the meeting place of forces of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the Prime Minister of Iraq, described the IRGC’s attack on Erbil as a clear hostile act against Iraq.
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement on Tuesday, January 16, complaining to the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations about the missile attack by the Iranian regime, which targeted civilian individuals in the city of Erbil and resulted in the loss of innocent lives, injuries to other individuals, and damage to public and private property.
Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, described the missile attack on Erbil as unjustifiable and expressed his concern about the killing and injury of at least 10 innocent civilians.
Amir Saeed Iravani, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Iranian regime to the United Nations, wrote a letter to the UN Secretary-General and the French Ambassador as the rotating President of the Security Council, stating that a spy center used by anti-Iranian terrorist groups affiliated with the Israeli regime was targeted in Erbil, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The regime claimed that the facility has been used as a base for intelligence and sabotage operations against Iran.
Iraqi authorities have rejected these claims by the regime and have formed a committee to prove the falsehood of the Islamic Republic’s allegations.
According to the latest reports, Masrour Barzani, has canceled his meeting with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in protest against the missile attacks by Iran on the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
