Iran executes 11 Jundullah terrorists

Iran has executed 11 members of the Pakistan-based Jundullah terrorist group in the Iranian southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province, a judiciary official says.

"Eleven members of those belonging to Jundullah terrorist group who had played a role in carrying out terrorist attacks in the province (Sistan-Baluchestan) during the recent months, fighting with police, and martyring several innocent people have been hanged in Zahedan jail," IRNA quoted Ebrahim Hamidi, head of the provincial Justice Department, as saying on Monday.

The execution comes following the terrorist attacks in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar on December 15 which claimed the lives of at least 38 people and wounded more than 90 others, including women and children.

Anti-Iran terrorist group Jundallah has claimed responsibility for the deadly terrorist attacks.

Jundallah terrorists have carried out numerous deadly bombings and assassination attempts in Iran, including several attacks in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"These corrupt and Mohareb (an enemy of God) elements have been identified and arrested by security and intelligence forces," Hamidi said.

He added that the elements were brought to a fair and public trial after going through all the legal and religious procedures.

Hamidi noted that the terrorists were convicted and sentenced to death for "corruption on earth, fighting against God and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and countering the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

"The sentence was carried out after receiving confirmation from the country’s senior judicial bodies," he added.

Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi was arrested by Iranian intelligence forces in February 2010 and executed in June for 79 counts of crimes, including armed robbery, bombing operations and armed attacks on police and civilians.

Source: presstv.ir