IRGC Confirms Attack with 'Missiles and Drones' on Pakistani Soil

Media outlets affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that this force targeted positions in Pakistan with 'missiles and drones' on Tuesday, January 16. According to claims from the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, linked to the IRGC, 'two important bases' of the militant group Jaish al-Adl were targeted. A few hours earlier, the local media outlet 'Halosh' reported that 'IRGC missiles were fired into Pakistani territory.' The report states that the IRGC's attack occurred 'on the border between Saravan County' in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan in Iran and 'Panjgur County in Pakistan.' The local media reported that the IRGC attacked this border area in Pakistan with missiles, likely targeting the 'armed group Jaish al-Adl.' 'Halosh' reported that there has been no information released yet regarding casualties and damages from the IRGC's missile and drone attack in this region of Pakistan, but the IRGC claimed to have 'destroyed two important bases' of Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan. However, the Baloch Activists Campaign announced that the IRGC's missiles 'landed in the border villages of Panjgur,' indicating the possibility of 'human casualties.' International sources also reported on Monday evening, January 15, that the IRGC had launched a missile attack near the US consulate in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and the IRGC issued three consecutive statements claiming it had attacked 'terrorist' positions in Syria. According to the Kurdistan Security Council, these attacks resulted in the deaths of at least four civilians and injuries to six others. A spokesperson for the US State Department stated, 'We oppose Iran's unprovoked missile attacks that undermine stability in Iraq and support the efforts of the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to meet the demands of their people.' The reactions to the IRGC's missile attacks on Erbil continue, with Barzani stating that the accusations from the Islamic Republic are baseless, and the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq accusing the Islamic Republic of attacking civilians. The UN-affiliated body in Iraq condemned the IRGC's missile attacks in Erbil. Tensions in the region have escalated, with the IRGC claiming to have bombarded 'terrorist' positions in the area. US bases in Iraq and Syria were targeted by drone attacks. Concurrently, with Israeli attacks on border areas of Syria and Lebanon, an armed drone was shot down over Erbil Airport in Iraq.