A series of explosions were heard in the early hours of the morning in southeastern Iran, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported, two days after Tehran’s strikes against “terrorist” positions in Pakistani territory.

“Many explosions were heard in various areas around the Sarawan community,” IRNA said, citing a source in the Sistan-Baluchistan province’s autonomous region, where the Islamic Republic’s armed forces have been fighting a decades-long separatist insurgency.

Pakistan’s military has launched strikes against rebel organizations on Iranian soil, a Pakistani intelligence source told AFP a while ago.

“I can confirm (…) that we have carried out strikes against armed anti-Pakistani organizations in Iran,” said the source, who asked not to be named as he had not received permission from his superiors to speak to the media, assuring that he would be released soon. official announcement of the government of Pakistan.