Head of the Biggest Terrorist group in East of Iran Arrested + 2nd Updated

Head of the Biggest Terrorist group in East of Iran Arrested + 2nd Updated Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced on Tuesday that Abdolmalek Rigi, head of Jundollah terrorist band was arrested eastern country in an operation by the Ministry's forces.

According to the Iran's intelligence ministry the head of the Jundullah Terrorist group, Abdul Malik Rigi has been arrested by Iranian security forces.

Iran's Arabic language al Alam television said Rigi was arrested in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan but the country's interior minister said Rigi was arrested outside Iran.

Iran's Press TV said Rigi was arrested on board a flight from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia.

"Rigi was arrested outside Iran and transferred over to Iran," the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar as saying.

"The arrest of Rigi by our security and intelligence forces (abroad) is indicative of Iran's intelligence predominance over the region."

Najjar reiterated that Rigi was arrested following several months of extensive works. He did not specify the country in which Rigi was arrested. The minister added that he was consequently transferred to Iran.

“This evil person who took orders from intelligence agents of foreign countries was captured in a proper time outside the country,” he told reporters in Birjand, eastern Iran.

The Jundallah group has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks in Iran.

The government of Iran has accused the group of committing mass murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, carrying out bombings, targeting civilians and government officials and acts of sabotage.

In their latest attack, which occurred on October 18, more than 40 Iranians, among them 15 members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in addition to several tribal elders, lost their lives when Jundallah terrorists carried out an operation in the border region of Pishin, which is located in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

Residents of this southeastern province of Zahedan start celebrating after they heard about the arrest of the notorious terrorist gang leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, on Tuesday.

Jundullah and U.S. :

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh revealed in another report in July 2008 that US Congressional leaders had secretly agreed to former President George W. Bush's USD 400 million funding request, which gave the US a free hand in arming and funding terrorist groups such as Jundallah militants.

The Pakistan-based terrorist organization denies having any link to Washington but Rigi's brother, arrested earlier and now in Iran's custody, confirmed in an interview with Press TV that the Jundallah leader had, in fact, established links with the US administration.

Abdolhamid revealed that a go-between, named Amanollh-Khan Rigi, put the terrorist group in connect with the US administration, which had promised the anti-Iran terrorist group a safe haven in Pakistan.

"His name is Amanollah-Khan Rigi. He is my father's cousin. He was a royalist during the Shah's regime," Abdulhamid told Press TV.

"After the [1979] Revolution in Iran, he left the country via Pakistan and sought asylum in the United States."

Abdulhamid said the Americans had asked Amanollah-Khan to forge a link between the US and Jundallah. "The Americans asked him [Amanollah-Khan] to introduce them to [Abdolmalek] Rigi in Pakistan and that's how link was established."

He also claimed to have visited the US Embassy in Pakistan to seek more US cooperation with the terrorist group.

"The most important issue that I raised was Jundallah's security in Pakistan," he said.

"I told the Americans that we needed support from the media, newspapers, radios and satellite channels to get our message across to the Baluch around the world," he said.

According to Abdolhamid, the Pakistani government was well aware of the whereabouts of the Jundallah terror group.

"It is impossible to believe that Pakistan is unaware of Jundallah's presence on its soil," he said. "Pakistan is a perfect haven for Jundallah."

Source:  http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=179584

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