Iran arrests leader of Sunni militants Jundullah
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Iranian authorities have arrested the leader of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jundullah, according to reports on state television.
The Arabic language channel al-Alam said Abdolmalek Rigi had been held in eastern Iran, but gave no more details.
He is said to be behind a series of deadly bombings and killings in Sistan-Baluchistan province.
Last October 42 people, including six Revolutionary Guard commanders, were killed in a suicide bombing in Zahedan.
The semi-official Fars news agency, quoting the Iranian intelligence ministry, said the arrest took place of the Jundullah leader along with two of his group members .
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March 2, 2021 at 6:09 pm | Published in: Iran, Middle East, News
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Sunni Baluchi militants attacked a vehicle belonging to Iran s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday in the southeast of the country, which has been hit by unrest in the past week, the state broadcaster
IRIB reported, says
Reuters.
It quoted Mohammad Hadi Marashi, deputy governor of the impoverished Sistan-Baluchestan province, as saying the vehicle belonged to a Guards engineering unit. He did not say whether or not there had been any casualties.