DUBAI: Unidentified gunmen killed 9 Pakistani employees in a restive southeastern border space of Iran on Saturday (Jan 27), Pakistan’s ambassador and a rights group stated, amid efforts by the 2 international locations to fix ties after tit-for-tat assaults.
“Deeply shocked by horrifying killing of 9 Pakistanis in Saravan. Embassy will lengthen full assist to bereaved households,” the Pakistani ambassador to Tehran, Muhammad Mudassir Tipi, stated on the X platform. “We known as upon Iran to increase full cooperation within the matter.”
The Baluch rights group Haalvash stated on its web site that the victims had been Pakistani labourers who lived at an auto restore store the place they labored. Three others had been wounded, it stated.
Iran’s state media recognized the useless solely as overseas nationals and stated no people or teams had claimed accountability for the shootings in Saravan within the Sistan-Baluchestan province.
“It’s a horrifying and despicable incident and we condemn it unequivocally,” Pakistani Overseas Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated. “We’re in contact with Iranian authorities and have underscored the necessity to instantly examine the incident and maintain to account these concerned.”
The shootings occurred as Iranian state media stated the Pakistani and Iranian ambassadors had been returning to their postings after being recalled when the neighbouring international locations exchanged missile strikes final week aimed toward what every stated had been militant targets.
