New Delhi: Iranian state media said on Tuesday that Iran had hit and destroyed two “important headquarters” of the terrorist group Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan with missiles and drones. The group is opposed to Tehran and has carried out several attacks on Iranian security forces, Iranian state media said. The attacks were focused on an area in Pakistan’s Balochistan where “one of the largest headquarters” of Jaish al-Adl was situated, the reports said.
Jaish al-Adl, or Army of Justice, is a Sunni militant group that was formed in 2012 and is considered a “terrorist” organization by Iran. It operates in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Al Arabiya News reported. The group has claimed responsibility for many attacks against Iranian security forces over the years.
In December, Jaish al-Adl attacked a police station in Sistan-Baluchistan and killed at least 11 police personnel, according to Al Arabiya News.
Sistan-Baluchistan shares borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan. The region has witnessed conflicts between Iran’s security forces and Sunni militants, as well as drug traffickers. Sistan-Baluchistan is one of Iran’s poorest regions and most of the people in the region are Sunni ethnic Baluchis, Al Arabiya News reported.
The strikes in Pakistan came a day after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired missiles at what it called an Israeli “spy headquarters” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and at alleged ISIS-linked targets in Syria, the report said.
