Two children were killed and three others injured in “illegal” Iranian missile strikes, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said today, adding that an Iranian diplomat – the embassy’s charge d’affaires – had been summoned to Islamabad to protest this “unjustified airspace violation”. of Pakistan.

“This violation of Pakistan’s national sovereignty is completely unacceptable and may have serious consequences,” warned Pakistani diplomacy in a press release, adding that the strikes on Pakistani soil last Tuesday night “caused the death of two innocent children and injured (other) three little girls’.

The press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not specify exactly where the Iranian strikes took place. According to Iranian media and Pakistani social media users, drone and missile attacks have been launched in Balochistan province, along the border of almost a thousand kilometers between the two states.

Officially, Tehran has not reacted to Islamabad’s announcement at this stage.

Earlier, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported strikes that destroyed two bases used by the Sunni jihadist group Jaish al-Adl.

Tehran and Islamabad often accuse each other of tolerating armed groups that launch attacks from the territory of one country against the other. However, the involvement of the armies of the two countries in operations on the territory of the other side is very rare.

Yesterday’s strikes are an “even more worrying” development as, in addition to being an “illegal act”, they were launched “despite the existence of multiple channels of communication between Pakistan and Iran”, the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized.

“Pakistan always says that terrorism is a common threat to all countries in the region and requires coordinated action (…). Such unilateral actions do not conform to good-neighborly relations and could shake bilateral trust,” warned Pakistani diplomacy.

Iran and nuclear-armed Pakistan have recently appeared to be increasing their cooperation. Earlier this week, joint naval exercises were held, Iranian media reported.

Jaish al-Adl has previously claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against security forces in southeastern Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province. Claims the independence of the region.

This particular organization is marked as “terrorist” by both Iran and the US.

Jaish al-Adl (“Army of Justice”) blamed the Revolutionary Guards for the strikes in a mountainous area on the border via Telegram. It said that the children killed and wounded were members of the families of its fighters and that houses were bombed.

On Monday night into Tuesday, the Revolutionary Guards — an elite body of the Islamic Republic’s army — launched ballistic missile strikes against jihadist positions in Syria and against “targets” in the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, prompting outrage. of Baghdad. Tehran reported that the “headquarters” of the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, in a suburb of Arbil, were hit, among other things. According to local authorities, at least four civilians were killed, including a real estate businessman and his wife.

The businessman is said to have had ties to Israel and his home was said to be the “headquarters” referred to by Tehran, according to reports.