Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |

Iran's Revolutionary Guard conducted a bold attack on militant bases in Baluchistan province of Pakistan on Tuesday, increased tensions in an already volatile region.

Iran’s unaccepted attack involved missiles and drones targeted Jaish al-Adl, a Sunni militant group operating in Pakistan resulted in the tragic death of two children and injuring three people.

Iran said it used “precision missile and drone strikes,” to destroy two strongholds of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl, known in Iran as Jaish al-Dhulm, in the Koh-e-Sabz area of Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, reported by the Iran’s state-aligned Tasnim news agency.

According to the Jaish al-Adl militant group, “Iran’s Revolutionary Guards had used six drone attacks and used number of rockets to destroy two strongholds where the children and wives of its fighters lived.”

Two girls aged eight and 12 were killed in the houses that were damaged in the attack in the village of Kohe-Sabz in Kulag, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Panjgur district on Tuesday evening reported by the district’s deputy commissioner Mumtaz Khetran to CNN news.

Khetran also reported an attack on a mosque located near the homes.

However, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an Iran's Foreign Minister speaking in Davos, insisted that no Pakistani nationals had been targeted, only members of Jaish al-Adl.

Jaish al-Adl, or the “Army of Justice,” is a Sunni militant group founded in 2012 that has carried out attacks inside Iran as well as on Pakistani government forces.

Last December Jaish al-Adl attacked a police station in Rask, a town close to the border with Pakistan.

Iran, since the Islamic Revolution, suffered its worst domestic bomb attacks just two weeks ago that killed 84 at a ceremony in Kerman to commemorate the US assassination of Iran's notorious Revolutionary Guard general, Qasem Soleimani.

On Monday, Iran fired ballistic missiles at Syria and Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq with a purpose of targeting Islamic State and Israel's Mossad spy agency, both of whom it said had been involved in the Kerman bombings.

However, Pakistan's foreign ministry condemned the strike as an "unprovoked violation" of its sovereignty, hinting at severe repercussions and a dent in bilateral trust.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the attack on its territory killed “two innocent children” and warned Iran of “serious consequences.

“This violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty is completely unacceptable and can have serious consequences”, read the statement issued by the foreign ministry of Pakistan.

China urged Pakistan and Iran to show "restraint" and "avoid actions that would lead to an escalation of tension". Mao Ning, the foreign ministry spokesperson added that Beijing has seen both the countries as "close neighbors".