Unidentified gunmen have killed 9 international nationals in southeastern
Iran
close to the Pakistani border, the semi-official Mehr information company reported on Saturday, amid efforts by the 2 nations to mend ties after tit-for-tat assaults.
Mehr mentioned no people or teams had claimed accountability for the shootings within the stressed Sistan-Baluchestan province.
The Baluch rights group Haalvash mentioned on its web site that the victims have been Pakistani labourers who lived at an auto restore store the place they labored. Three others have been wounded, it mentioned.
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The shootings occurred as Iranian state media mentioned the Pakistani and
Iranian ambassadors had returned to their postings after being recalled when the neighbouring nations exchanged missile strikes final week geared toward what every mentioned have been militant targets.
The impoverished area has lengthy been the scene of sporadic clashes between safety forces and separatist militants and smugglers carrying opium from Afghanistan, the world’s prime producer of the drug.
Iran has a number of the lowest gasoline costs on the earth and this has additionally led to fuel-smuggling to Pakistan and Afghanistan.