Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar
2024 Pakistani military operation in Iran
On the 18th of January 2024, Pakistan sent airstrikes inside the Iranian part of Balochistan trying to destroy separatist groups. They called it Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar (Death to rebels[a]) by Pakistan. The attack was done in response to Iranian strikes in Pakistani Balochistan a day earlier.[4][1]
| Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes and insurgency in Balochistan | |
  Saravan | |
| Type | Air strikes and missile strikes |
| Location | Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran 27°22′15″N 62°19′57″E / 27.37083°N 62.33250°E |
| Planned by |  Pakistan
|
| Target |  BLA and BLF militant groups
|
| Date | 18 January 2024 04:05 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
| Executed by |  Pakistan Armed Forces
|
| Casualties | 9 people killed,[1] several injured |
Iran confirmed that 9 Balochistan Liberation Army members were killed in the airstrike.[5][6]
The attack was the first attack on Iran by another country since the end of the Iran–Iraq War in the year 1988.[7]
Origin
changeMarg Bar Sarmachar means "death to rebels". Marg bar means "death to" in Persian and is used in the Iranian slogan Marg bar Amerika. Sarmachar means rebels in the Balochi language and is used by Balochi seperatists.[8]
Notes
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes in Iran after an earlier attack by Tehran, killing 9 people". Associated Press. 18 January 2024. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
The Baluch Liberation Army, an ethnic separatist group that's operated in the region since 2000, said in a statement the strikes targeted and killed its people
- ↑ Azaz, Syed. "Pakistan carries out military strikes on separatist targets in Iran following deadly attack on its own soil by Tehran". CNN. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes on Iran after Tehran attack". NPR. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ Masood, Salman (18 January 2024). "Pakistan Retaliates With Strikes Inside Iran as Tensions Spill Over". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "Pakistan Launches Retaliatory Airstrikes in Iran After an Earlier Attack by Tehran, Killing 9 People". US News. 18 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Pakistan Unleashes Retaliatory Strikes in Iran, Killing Nine". The Daily Beast. 18 January 2024. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
The Baluch Liberation Army, an ethnic separatist group, said the strikes had killed its members. "Pakistan will have to pay a price for it," the organization said
- ↑ Siddiqui, Usaid. "Iran says at least nine killed in Pakistani strikes near southeast border". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar explained: Why are Iran, Pakistan striking each other". India Today. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-21.