Pakistan Recalls Iran Envoy After “Unacceptable” Air Strike

Pakistan says it has recalled its ambassador from Iran after an Iranian air strike killed two children in the country’s southwest.

Pakistan will also not allow Iran's ambassador in Islamabad, who is visiting his home country, to return, Pakistani Foreign Office spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement on January 17.

"Last night's unprovoked and blatant breach of Pakistan's sovereignty by Iran is a violation of international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations," she said.

Iranian state media said that missiles launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted positions of Sunni militant group Jaish al Adl, which has mounted attacks on Iranian security forces.

Pakistani officials said that the incident resulted in the death of two children.

Describing the attack as "unacceptable,” Baloch said that Pakistan “reserves the right to respond to this illegal act.”