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Iran hangs 11 over mosque bombings
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December 21, 2010, Tuesday
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IRAN has hanged 11 people linked to the Sunni rebel group that killed 39 people in a mosque bombing, the Justice Ministry said yesterday, and an army official urged Pakistan to root out the "terrorists" across the border.
"The people of Sistan-Baluchestan province, in their continuing campaign against the elements of cruelty and insecurity, hanged 11 people at Zahedan prison," a ministry statement said.
It said those executed were all supporters of Jundollah, the group that Iran says is linked to al-Qaida and which claimed a double suicide bombing of Shiite worshippers in the southeastern province bordering Pakistan on December 15.
Iran hoped it had neutralized Jundollah when it executed its leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, in June. But the mosque bombing in the town of Chabahar, which wounded more than 100 people, was the latest action by the group to show it is fighting back.
Jundollah says it fights for the rights of the Baluch people, an ethnic minority it says faces "genocide."
The families of the bombing victims sent a letter to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari calling for "serious measures" against Jundollah and other "terrorist" groups, echoing a call from some Iranian officials.
"These groups which have been given shelter in countries like Pakistan and are being supported there should be pursued and suppressed on Pakistani soil," said Qolamali Rashid, a military official.
"The people of Sistan-Baluchestan province, in their continuing campaign against the elements of cruelty and insecurity, hanged 11 people at Zahedan prison," a ministry statement said.
It said those executed were all supporters of Jundollah, the group that Iran says is linked to al-Qaida and which claimed a double suicide bombing of Shiite worshippers in the southeastern province bordering Pakistan on December 15.
Iran hoped it had neutralized Jundollah when it executed its leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, in June. But the mosque bombing in the town of Chabahar, which wounded more than 100 people, was the latest action by the group to show it is fighting back.
Jundollah says it fights for the rights of the Baluch people, an ethnic minority it says faces "genocide."
The families of the bombing victims sent a letter to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari calling for "serious measures" against Jundollah and other "terrorist" groups, echoing a call from some Iranian officials.
"These groups which have been given shelter in countries like Pakistan and are being supported there should be pursued and suppressed on Pakistani soil," said Qolamali Rashid, a military official.
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