Iran conducts surgical strike inside Pakistan, freed 2 Revolutionary Guards
Iran has reportedly conducted a surgical strike deep inside Pakistan to free its Revolutionary Guards who were kidnapped by Baloch terrorists.
According to media reports, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) freed two of its guards in an operation inside Pakistan.
IRGC reportedly released a statement confirming the action. The ‘successful intelligence operation’ was carried out on Tuesday night, the statement said.
As many as 12 Iranian guards were kidnapped on October 16, 2018, by the Pakistan-based Iranian Sunni extremist group, Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice), at the Mirjaveh border point in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province and were transferred to Pakistan.
Five of the kidnapped security men were rescued in November that year.
A Pakistan-based radical Wahhabi terrorist group ‘Jaish ul-Adl’ had on October 16, 2018, kidnapped 12 IRGC guards to the Pakistani territory in the city of Merkava in Sistan and Baluchestan Province on the border between the two countries, the Andalou report said.
Five of the soldiers were released on November 15, 2018, while four more Iranian soldiers were rescued by the Pakistani army on March 21, 2019.
Jaish ul-Adl is a declared terrorist organization by Tehran and pursuing an armed struggle against the Iranian government, claiming to defend the rights of Baloch Sunnis in Iran.
