Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar

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) by Pakistan. The attack was done in response to Iranian strikes in Pakistani Balochistan a day earlier.

Iran confirmed that 9 Balochistan Liberation Army members were killed in the airstrike. 

The attack was the first attack on Iran by another country since the end of the Iran–Iraq War in the year 1988.

 Origin 
Marg 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.

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