Pakistan strikes kill 9 in Iran

Pakistani air strikes on Iran killed nine people in a border region in the Islamic republic's southeast on Thursday.

Pakistan carried out strikes against ‘terrorist hideouts’ in Iran, a day after warning Tehran of ‘serious consequences’ over its attack on the Balochi group Jaish al-Adl's headquarters in its territory.

A number of terrorists were killed during the intelligence-based operation codenamed ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar’, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said.

Iranian media reported that nine people including four children were killed in the attack.

Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said all the dead ‘were foreign nationals’, in a televised interview.