{"id":49513,"date":"2024-01-18T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/fact-check-pakistan-did-not-have-prior-knowledge-of-irans-aerial-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:04:00","slug":"fact-check-pakistan-did-not-have-prior-knowledge-of-irans-aerial-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/fact-check-pakistan-did-not-have-prior-knowledge-of-irans-aerial-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Pakistan did not have prior knowledge of Iran\u2019s aerial strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A post circulating on social media on Wednesday claimed that Iran\u2019s aerial strike<\/a> on Pakistani territory a day earlier was made after talking to the latter\u2019s government. However, no such talks were held between the two countries before the incident.<\/p>\n

The strikes, Iran claimed, had targeted bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl in the border town of Panjgur in Balochistan. The violation its airspace had drawn strong condemnation from Islamabad, which then downgraded its diplomatic ties with Tehran before carrying out tit-for-tar strikes of its own today.<\/p>\n

A post claiming that Pakistan had prior knowledge of the attack on its soil was shared on X with a caption that read: \u201cThe statement of the Iranian foreign minister must be shared so that the ongoing propaganda fails. An attack on Pakistan was made after talks with the government.\u201d<\/p>\n

The post gained over 268,000 views and more than 7,700 reposts.<\/p>\n

A 70-second clip in the post showed Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian talking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/p>\n

According to iVerify Pakistan, the clip was from an interview of Iran\u2019s top diplomat by veteran journalist Fareed Zakaria on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n

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