Iran, Pakistan to Resume Normal Ties after Rare Cross-Border Missile Exchange

Iran and Pakistan appear set to resume normal diplomatic relations following tit-for-tat missile strikes last week that left several people dead on both sides of their shared border. According to Pakistan’s foreign ministry, both countries have agreed to return their ambassadors—who had been recalled after the strikes—to their respective posts. “After a telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Iran, it has been mutually agreed that ambassadors of both countries may return to their respective posts by Jan. 26,” the ministry said in a Jan. 22 statement. Both countries have also confirmed that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit Islamabad next week at the invitation of Jalil Abbas Jilani, his Pakistani counterpart....