Tehran said it targeted Jaish al-Adl, a jihadist group that has carried out several deadly attacks in Iran in recent months and is blacklisted by Iran as a “terrorist” organization.
The Iranian attacks, which Pakistan said killed at least two children, drew sharp criticism from Islamabad, which recalled its ambassador from Tehran and barred Iran’s envoy from returning to Islamabad.
Tehran also summoned Islamabad’s charge d’affaires over the Pakistani attacks, which killed at least nine people.
However, both countries announced last Monday that they had decided to de-escalate tensions and resumed diplomatic missions with both ambassadors returning to their posts.
The Pakistani ambassador presented his credentials to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on Saturday, the Presidency website reported.
“Borders are an opportunity for economic exchanges and to improve the security of neighbours, and it is essential to protect this opportunity against any element of insecurity,” Raisi said during the meeting with the Pakistani envoy.
The Iranian president called the two countries “brothers” and described their ties as “unbreakable.”