updated Fri. February 3, 2023
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The Nation
February 13, 2018
Jundallah was founded by Abdolmalek Rigi, who was captured and executed by Iran in 2010. At that time, Iranian authorities had conveyed their serious reservations to Pakistan claiming that they had found Pakistani computerised national identity card from the possession of Rigi. The interior ministry hadÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
July 30, 2017
This more sectarian focus was evidenced by the establishment of Jundullah, a militant group founded by Abdolmalek Rigi in 2003 to fight for greater rights for Iranian Sunnis and ethnic Balochs. Although the group claimed to reject religious extremism, Rigi was himself educated at the Binnori TownÃâà...
LobeLog
June 19, 2017
For instance, deadly bombing attacks attributed to Jundallah and its leader Abdolmalek Rigi took place in Zahedan in 2009 and 2010 targeting mainly mosques. Iran regularly complained to Pakistan about the latter's unwillingness to capture and prosecute the culprits who often came from Pakistani territoryÃâà...
The Hill (blog)
June 14, 2017
That attack was claimed by Jundallah, a Sunni Baloch terror group, as revenge for Iran's execution of their leader, Abdolmalek Rigi. The recent attack was also executed by a minority group, in this case Kurds. The perpetrators, who fought for Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, were quickly identified and theÃâà...
The Straits Times
June 8, 2017
LONDON • While the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said it was responsible for the attacks on the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini on Wednesday, other Sunni militant groups in Iran have long carried out periodic attacks on military and civilian targets. The Arab minoritiesÃâà...
Daily Pakistan
May 17, 2017
After the arrest of its leader Abdolmalek Rigi either through covert support of Pakistan's Zardari government or forced landing of a Bishkek-bound flight and his eventual hanging, Tehran's woes in Sistan-Balochistan never ceased to exist. Jaish al-Adl is alleged to have sanctuaries on the Pakistani side.
The Express Tribune
March 5, 2015
QUETTA: Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced on Wednesday, as reported by FARS news agency in Tehran, that Tehran is opting for legal procedures to extradite terrorist leader Abdo-Sattar Rigi, who is the brother of Abdolmalek Rigi, who led the Jundollah terrorist group and wasÃâà...
BBC News
June 19, 2010
The leader of a Sunni militant group has been executed in Iran for his involvement in "terrorist" attacks in the Islamic state, state media report. Abdolmalek Rigi, head of Jundullah, was hanged at dawn at Tehran's Evin prison in the presence of the families of its victims, the Irna news agency said. Mr Rigi wasÃâà...
NPR
March 4, 2010
23 from Iranian state TV shows Sunni Muslim rebel leader Abdolmalek Rigi under armed guard following his arrest. Reuters/Landov hide caption ... Before his arrest last week, Abdolmalek Rigi might have been described as Iran's most wanted man. He is the leader of Jundallah, which can be translated asÃâà...
New York Times
February 23, 2010
The rebel, Abdolmalek Rigi, is the leader of Jundallah, a militant group that claims to be defending Sunni Muslims in Iran's southeast and has killed hundreds of soldiers and civilians there since 2003. Iran's intelligence minister, Heidar Moslehi, said in a news conference on state-run Press TV on TuesdayÃâà...
