After attack by Iranian forces on Jaish Al Adl bases in Pakistan, relations between the two countries have become strained.
On Wednesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced targeting Jaish Al Adal hideouts on Pakistan’s soil with drones and missiles.
Iran’s state-run Tasnim and Seda Va Sima media outlets reported the attacks were carried out on Tuesday, January 16.
Iranian authorities claimed the group wanted to destabilise Sistan and Baluchistan province and some other areas of that country.
Some Pakistani media outlets reported the strikes hit residential areas, killing two children and wounding three girls.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office in Islamabad harshly reacted to the attacks and summoned the Iranian ambassador in Islamabad.
Foreign Office spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told reporters in Islamabad Pakistan had recalled its ambassador from Tehran and called on the Iranian ambassador to leave Islamabad.
She slammed the Iranian strikes as a blatant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty, against international laws and UN principles.
Baloch said Pakistan reserved the right to respond to the illegal action and Iran would be held responsible for consequences.
She added the Iranian ambassador, currently in his homeland, had been told not to come back to Islamabad.
According to another report, foreign ministers of the two countries exchanged views over the telephone on the escalatory development.
IRGC carried out attacks in Iraq and Syria yesterday and claimed destroying ISIS centers there.
The US condemned the attack but China urged the governments of Pakistan and Iran to exercise restraint.
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