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BREAKING: At 21:35 Tehran time, the US carried out an attack in Bandar Abbas

PAKISTAN CALLS ATTACKS ON SAUDI ARABIA A “RED LINE”

Recent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have frustrated Pakistan and could complicate Islamabad’s efforts to mediate between the United States and Iran.
A Pakistani official told Reuters: “Our top civil and military leaders have conveyed to Iran at the highest level that the attacks on Saudi Arabia are attacks on Pakistan. It is our red line.”
Under a mutual-defense agreement signed last year, nuclear-armed Pakistan has deployed thousands of soldiers, including forces near the Saudi-Yemen border, and a squadron of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Pakistani civil and military leaders reportedly warned Iran that an attack on Saudi territory would compel military intervention.
Islamabad is also concerned that Red Sea shipping disruptions could affect its vital energy imports. Reuters reported growing internal divisions in Tehran, where the IRGC’s military wing appears increasingly dominant over political leaders, a strain that recently delayed a bilateral visit by an Iranian delegation to Islamabad.