Jundollah

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Location of the Province of Sistan and Balochistan in Iran

Jundollah ( Arabic جندالله, DMG Ǧundallāh  'Soldiers of God', also Jundallah , English transcribed Jundallah ) is according to the State Department of the United States a Sunni - Islamist terrorist organization in Iran , which is active in the provinces of Sistan and Balochistan . The organization, which was founded in 2002, began carrying out attacks in 2005. A spokesman for the organization spoke of 1,000 fighters who are available to her. It is close to the jihadist - Salafist terrorist organization Islamic State .

background

As it sees itself , the Jundollah is a religiously motivated rebel group that defends the interests of its oppressed Sunni fellow believers. The Jundollah are probably an offshoot of the Balochistan's liberation movement. Iran describes Jundollah as a terrorist organization and has viewed the organization as "public enemy number one" since 2007. The organization shall from Pakistan operate to and from the drug trade with opium poppy have been involved. It was repeatedly through support to Jundallah by the United States reported that the US government vigorously denies this. According to Iranian sources, employees of the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad are said to have disguised themselves as employees of the CIA (“under false flags”) and recruited men from the Jundollah for attacks. Israel denies the allegations

On November 3, 2010, the Jundollah was added to the US State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations.

leader

The leader of the Jundollah, Abdolmalek Rigi , was regarded by Iran as the governor of the al-Qaeda terror network , as it was trained in a Pakistani Koran school and allegedly fought alongside the Afghan Islamists. Like the Sunni Taliban and al-Qaida, Rigi referred to the Shiites as kuffar in his speeches . He was arrested by Iranian security forces on February 23, 2010. Rigi was said to have been on board an aircraft that flew through Iranian airspace on its way from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan . Iranian interceptors are said to have forced the machine to land in Bandar Abbas . Rigi was arrested while still on board.After his arrest, Rigi told Iranian state television that the United States had rewarded him for his actions. Whether this testimony was obtained through torture while Rigi was incarcerated in the infamous Evin Prison is uncertain In June 2010 Rigi was finally hanged. The double attack on July 15, 2010 is seen as revenge for the execution of Rigis.

Attributed attacks

  • On December 14, 2005, an attack was carried out on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's car in the province of Sistan and Balochistan near the city of Zabol. One of the President's bodyguards was killed and another injured.
  • On March 16, 2006, a motorcade was attacked near the city of Tasuki, in which numerous high-ranking officials from the provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan were sitting. At least 22 people were killed and 7 were taken hostage. According to various sources, the perpetrators are said to have worn police uniforms and shown police IDs during the inspection. After the attack, the perpetrators are said to have fled across the Pakistani border with their hostages. For the exchange of hostages, the group called for the release of 5 captured members of the Jundollah.
  • The organization became known in the West through the attack on February 14, 2007 near Zahedan , in which 18 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed.
  • In the summer of 2007, 41 Iranian truck drivers were kidnapped from Jundollah to Pakistan, where the Pakistani security forces were finally able to free all of them
  • On August 19, 2007, up to 30 people were kidnapped near the city of Tschahbahar .
  • On December 29, 2008, a suicide attack was carried out on a security forces building in Saravan. In the attack carried out by Abdul-Ghafoor Rigi, a brother of the leader, 4 people died, including 2 police officers, and 20 people were injured.
  • On May 28, 2009, an attack on a mosque in Zahedan killed 15 believers and injured around 50 others.
  • On October 18, 2009, 29 people were killed in a suicide attack in the Pishin region of Sistan and Balochistan Province, including five senior Revolutionary Guard commanders and 28 injured. General Nur Ali Shushari , the deputy commander of the land forces and the commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Sistan-Baluchistan, General Mohammed Sadeh, were killed.
  • On July 15, 2010, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Great Mosque in the city of Zahedan. Shortly afterwards, a second suicide bomber attacked the helpers. The explosions left over 27 dead and 270 injured.
  • On December 15, 2010, at least 38 people were killed and 60 injured in an attack in the city of Tschahbahar in front of a mosque. According to the broadcaster Al-Arabiya , the Jundollah confessed to the attack.
  • In the Iranian city of Char Bar, a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque on October 19, 2012, killing himself and one other person and injuring some people.
  • On the night of June 23, 2013, nine tourists and one Pakistani were shot dead in a Pakistani hotel at the foot of Nanga Parbat .
  • On May 13, 2015, the group shot and killed 40 people in a bus in Karachi, Pakistan, which they had stopped earlier. Dozen other people were injured.

Reactions from Iran

On May 30, 2009, two days after the Zahedan attack, 3 men were hanged for involvement in the bombing. Two men were hanged on June 2, 2009 and 13 other suspected members of the Jundollah in July 2009. On May 24, 2010 one of Rigi's brother Abdolhamid was hanged. On December 20, 2010, 11 Jundollah terrorists were hanged in Zahedan, according to Ebrahim Hamidi, the head of justice of the Sistan-Baluchistan province.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Office of the Spokesman - Washington, DC - November 3, 2010
  2. ↑ aljazeera.net from June 20, 2010 Jundallah: Iran's Sunni rebels
  3. ^ Washingtontimes.com of January 16, 2006 Sunni group vows to behead Iranians
  4. ↑ Dozens of dead in bus attack , Tagesschau.de, May 13, 2015
  5. ↑ Iran's mysterious rebels . Dw-world.de. October 20, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
  6. ↑ Blessed S. Harrison: Rich Baluchistan, poor Baluch - LMd. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Spiegel No. 35/2007 Al-Qaida against mullahs
  8. ↑ Tagesschau: Bloody attack on the Revolutionary Guards ( Memento from October 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), October 18, 2009
  9. ↑ Daily Telegraph: US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran February 25, 2007
  10. ^ Daily Telegraph Bush sanctions black ops against Iran May 27, 2007
  11. ↑ ABC News: The secret war against Iran ( memento April 30, 2012 on WebCite ) April 3, 2007
  12. ^ The New Yorker: Preparing the battlefield July 7, 2008, Seymour M. Hersh
  13. ↑ publicintelligence.net: US-Backed Jundullah Responsible for Iran Mosque Bombing ( Memento from July 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) July 16, 2010
  14. ↑ zurück.de: Iran: An execution that is not talked about May 25, 2010
  15. ↑ uni-kassel.de US secret service CIA supports "Jundallah" terrorists in Iran
  16. ↑ spiegel.de of January 16, 2012 Secret war under a false flag? (accessed on January 17, 2012)
  17. ↑ Raphael Ahren: Tough on Israel, Fund of Iran: Jerusalem wary of incoming EU foreign policy czar. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (American English).
  18. ↑ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/11/150332.htm
  19. ↑ Spiegel No. 35/2007 Al-Qaida against mullahs
  20. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Reuters from February 23, 2010
  21. ↑ Spiegel online from February 25, 2010
  22. ^ Rigi Claims US Assistance to Jundallah. (PDF) August 27, 2009, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Iran 'militant' claims US support . February 26, 2010 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed April 23, 2020]).
  24. ↑ Matt Roper: Inside 'black hole of evil' torture jail where British mum is on hunger strike. January 14, 2019, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  25. ^ Secretary of State's Terrorist Designation of Jundallah. April 27, 2017, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  26. ↑ https://www.boell.de/de/navigation/naher-mittlerer-osten-9791.html
  27. ↑ 22 dead after double suicide attack , FAZ, July 16, 2010
  28. ↑ Nazlia Fathi: nytimes of 15 February 2007 Car Bomb in Iran Destroys a Bus Carrying Revolutionary Guards
  29. ↑ alischirasi.de from May 6, 2006 Balochistan on the edge of an explosion?
  30. ↑ tehrantimes.com of July 21, 2009 Brother of Jundullah leader makes new revelations
  31. ↑ Zeit online February 15, 2007 Great potential for unrest
  32. ↑ Saleem Shahid: Iranian hostages freed after clash with militants. August 21, 2007, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  33. ↑ Süddeutsche.de of August 19, 2007 Taking of hostages: 30 people kidnapped in Iran
  34. ↑ tehrantimes.com of December 30, 2008 Jundullah responsible for Saravan bombing
  35. ↑ trust.org of December 15, 2010 ( Memento of December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Jundollah, Iran's Sunni Muslim rebels
  36. ↑ Spiegel.de of May 28, 2009 More than a dozen dead in an attack on a mosque
  37. ↑ Spiegel Online: Attack kills commanders of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran , October 18, 2009
  38. ↑ Many dead in attacks in front of the mosque , FAZ, July 16, 2010
  39. ↑ Spiegel.de from December 15, 2010 Many dead in attack on mosque
  40. ↑ Sputnik News - World News, Breaking News & Top Stories. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (English).
  41. ↑ Dead on Nanga Parbat: extremists confess to assassinations of tourists , Spiegel Online, June 23, 2013
  42. ↑ Dozens of dead in bus attack , Tagesschau.de, May 13, 2015
  43. ↑ trust.org of December 15, 2010 ( Memento of December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Jundollah, Iran's Sunni Muslim rebels
  44. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  45. ↑ PressTV of December 20, 2010 Iran executes 11 Jundullah terrorists
  46. ↑ Spiegel.de of December 20, 2010 Authorities have eleven extremists executed