Suicide Bomb Blasts In Iran At Least 20 Dead

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[ای ایران]

Ok so Whats the purpose of Jandullah fighting against the Iranian regime. Is it the Shia sunni conflict or they are fighting to liberate there land ans the BLA in our Balochistan province does...?

They are counter-revolutionaries and extremists that belong to Salafi and Wahhabi sects. Nobody really knows what they are truly fighting for because Jondollah has never made this clear.

I am sure Pakistani State organizations will not be the ones sponsoring there shelter in our part of the territory..or do you disagree with that too..??

The regime in Iran believes that in the past Jondollah has been in contact with Pakistani agents. Ahamdinejad himself has said this.

 

[ای ایران]

Anger is definitely beginning to build in Iran over this. I wonder, if Pakistan's intelligence agencies have nothing to hide and are not allowing Jondallah to shelter in Pakistan, then they should allow Iranian police forces to undertake an operation against Jondallah camps and safe havens in Pakistani territory. The more such attacks like this occur, the more public opinion in Iran is turning hostile towards Pakistan. This is not the first time that Iranian military and political figures have lashed-out publicly against Pakistan after a Jondallah terrorist attack near the border.

'Terrorists enter Iran via Pakistan'
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:56:26 GMT

A senior Iranian lawmaker says terrorists enter Iran from Pakistan and other neighboring countries, urging Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence to reconsider its relations with militants.

Head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that the people want authorities to prevent terrorist acts and demand that a solution be found to put an end to such incidents.

On July 15, two bomb explosions in quick succession took place outside the Zahedan Grand Mosque. At least 27 people lost their lives and more than 100 others were injured in the terrorist attack, which has widely been blamed on extremist Wahabis and Salafis trained by US intelligence in Pakistan.

"The Pakistani government and the country's Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) which have relations with terrorists must reconsider and take necessary measure to confront these criminals," Fars News Agency quoted Boroujerdi as saying.

Pakistan's ISI was one of the parties involved in the creation of the Taliban as a force to counter the Soviet influence in the volatile region in the 1980's.

The ISI is widely believed to be linked to, and support militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Pakistani military's Intelligence service, however, denies the allegations as baseless.

Broujerdi expressed hope that Iranian security and intelligence forces will increase their efforts in future so that such a tragic incidents would not be repeated in the country.

Pakistan must be answerable over sheltering terrorists: Iran MP
ISNA - Tehran
Service: Foreign Policy

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Saturday that Pakistan must be answerable for sheltering terrorists.

The Chairman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said, "terrorism needs to be confronted more seriously, given the fact that Pakistan is terrorists' shelter, Pakistani officials must be held accountable for the issue."

"Terrorism supported by major powers in eastern Iran is a very complicated matter which is in need of complicated treatment," he told ISNA.

"These terrorist attacks are complicated and backed by the US and Britain and they should be dealt with complicatedly," he continued.

Double terrorist attacks came on Thursday night in a Mosque in southeastern city of Zahedan as Shiites gathered there to attend a ceremony marking birthday of Prophet Mohammad grandson Imam Hossein.

The deadly attacks claimed the lives of 27 people and injured 306 others, 11 of whom are in critical conditions.

Jundullah terrorist group has claimed responsibility of the strike.

In a message sent to al-Arabiyya TV, Jundullah said its intention was to avenge the hanging of Abdulmalik Rigi, the terrorist group's leader, in June, after he was arrested in Pakistan and extradited to Iran..

Rigi's brother Abdelhamid was also executed.

Abdulmalik Rigi had been heading a terrorist group in southeastern Iran for some 5 years killing and injuring many Iranian citizens and officials, before he was executed.

 

[into the wild]

with barriers in place alongside pakistan toching iranian border i find no reason that the "terrorists" will infiltrate the strictly guarded border, iranians are themselves responsible for not doing enough in their country and blaming all their sh1t to the neighbours, if the ah,edinijad guy in so confident in believing all this sh1t so all the gas deals should be finished.. for pakistani agents let these attacks happen in iran what pathetic idiotic excuse for you home grown problem!!

if balochi rebels indeed want the liberation of an iranian province, they will feel much comfortable working in iran than pakistan

 

[ای ایران]

with barriers in place alongside pakistan toching iranian border i find no reason that the "terrorists" will infiltrate the strictly guarded border, iranians are themselves responsible for not doing enough in their country and blaming all their sh1t to the neighbours, if the ah,edinijad guy in so confident in believing all this sh1t so all the gas deals should be finished.. for pakistani agents let these attacks happen in iran what pathetic idiotic excuse for you home grown problem!!

if balochi rebels indeed want the liberation of an iranian province, they will feel much comfortable working in iran than pakistan

The I.R has invested heavily since 2007 to close Iran's border with Pakistan. A concrete-wall has been constructed along much of the border with Pakistan and many ditches, barbed wire and other 'obstacles' have been laid along it too. To my knowledge the walling of the entire border tho has yet to be completed.

Pakistan however, has no such security measures on its side of the border which is considered by Iran to be a lawless place and is the subject of much irritation for Iran's regime and the IRGC.

 

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The I.R has invested heavily since 2007 to close Iran's border with Pakistan. A concrete-wall has been constructed along much of the border with Pakistan and many ditches, barbed wire and other 'obstacles' have been laid along it too. To my knowledge the walling of the entire border tho has yet to be completed.

Pakistan however, has no such security measures on its side of the border which is considered by Iran to be a lawless place and is the subject of much irritation for Iran's regime and the IRGC.

yes i know, you dont have to describe me,....

good for you that you have made anything which comes in your jurisdiction, the pakistani border in iran is not a lawless place, it is guarded by pakistani border security, so stop making false statements.. i think in order to do propaganda stuff you are hiding your own failures by blaming pakistan which has nothing to do with terrorism in your country.

ok so now, pakistan is poor lawless country full of terrorists, any more additions to the iranian definition lol....

 

[Pasban]

good for you that you have made anything which comes in your jurisdiction, the pakistani border in iran is not a lawless place, it is guarded by pakistani border security, so stop making false statements.. i think in order to do propaganda stuff you are hiding your own failures by blaming pakistan which has nothing to do with terrorism in your country.

You have to put it on a comparative footing. The Iranian portion of Balochistan is much smaller, has a lesser dispersed population and is less populated on a whole as well. Apart from this, it is considerably more tightly controlled than Pakistan's much larger Balochistan segment. As for being lawless, Pakistan has had past issues with establishing the writ of it's government in the portion and has itself an insurgency movement in the area. The border regions, which are also a major smuggling route, fall prey to these symptoms. Whereas Iran has been more successful at tackling those that operate from it's own soil, it has failed others from finding refuge in the above mentioned regions and operating from there as it is beyond it's own jurisdiction. There are sympathetic elements in Pakistani Balochistan who aren't very favorable concerning Pakistan and it's security forces either (the Balochistan Liberation Army is one example). As such there could be elements within the security establishment in those parts which could be providing some help to these militants. Because its a nuisance to both states, Pakistan and Iran have been cooperating more closely in regards to them. However, Iran feels that Pakistan needs to improve it's security situation in the south-western portion of its part of Balochistan. From what I have read from Pakistani journalists, Pakistan too feels the security situation in the area is not at par.

ok so now, pakistan is poor lawless country full of terrorists, any more additions to the iranian definition lol....

The average Iranian is not much better off to perhaps the average Pakistani. This isn't even the point of contention here. As to the perception of terrorism stemming from Pakistan, this isn't an Iranian view alone, it is one formulated by the International media and Pakistani media outlets themselves debate much upon the domestic upheaval it has brought.

 

[ای ایران]

The average Iranian is not much better off to perhaps the average Pakistani.

Mate what are you talking about? Over 60% of Pakistanis live on less than $2 a day, whereas only around 8% of Iranians do.

 

[mehru]

Iranian Government Steps up Accusations Against US Over Bombings

The Iranian government is stepping up accusations against "outside" forces in Thursday's twin-suicide bombings in the southeastern part of the country which killed at least 27 people and wounded about 270 others. Several officials are accusing the U.S. and Israel of masterminding the bloody explosions at a Shi'ite mosque.

Iranian government TV showed what appeared to be large crowds of Shi'ite Muslims marching in the streets of the city of Zahedan behind a funeral cortege. Women wailed to mourn loved ones killed in Thursday's twin suicide bombings at a Shi'ite mosque in Zahedan.

Police officials claimed to have detained 40 people involved in the bombings. Parliament speaker Ali Larijani insisted that the U.S. was responsible for the explosions, demanding that it "be held accountable." President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, however, condemned the blasts, with Clinton calling them "acts of terrorism."

Iran's deputy police chief, Ahmad Reza Radan, cast a wide swath of blame, including Israel, the United Kingdom, and the U.S..

He says that the region is a sensitive one, and that Iran's enemies have invested heavily in creating rifts and division inside the country, and that this isn't anything new. He insists that the security situation in neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan is bad, and complains that wherever the U.S. is present there are bombings and insecurity. The United States, the United Kingdom and Israel, he argues, all have a hand in this.

Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar also pointed the finger at Israel, Iran's arch-foe, claiming that it was "trying to sow division between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims." Jundallah, the Sunni Muslim group which claimed responsibility for the bombings, says that it is defending the rights of Sunnis inside Shi'ite Iran.

Iranian-born analyst Alex Vatanka of the Middle East Institute in Washington notes that Iranian officials have been pointing accusatory fingers at just about all their enemies, each time something goes wrong inside their country.

"[Jundallah] has been operating since 2004, and if you look back at the last six years, it's impossible to think of someone that the Iranians haven't accused to be behind Jundallah, right from al-Qaida, to Taliban, to [Pakistani Intelligence], to Arab Gulf states, to the U.S., Israel, or the UK. If we wanted to take the Iranians at face value, Jundallah has this formidable, diverse coalition behind it that includes al-Qaida, the U.S., and Israel. The Iranians have done themselves no favors in accusing all their enemies at all times to be behind it," he said.

Vatanka argues that Shi'ite-Sunni animosity isn't as strong in Iran as it is in neighboring states such as Pakistan, due to Iran's long history as an empire, with diverse populations. The real problem in southeast Iran, he insists, is poverty.

"In many ways, this goes beyond the Sunni-Shi'ite issue, here, which isn't really that deep-seated in Iran," said Vatanka. "The suicide-bombings-everybody, across the spectrum-they are horrified. It's a fact of life that the Belouch [residents of Sistan-Baluchestan province in Iran's southeast] get the raw end of the deal when it comes to access to wealth. It's the most impoverished part of Iran. So, there are genuine grievances."

Vatanka goes on to conclude that the violent nature of Jundallah and the large number of bloody terrorist attacks it has committed in recent years, will prevent it - in his opinion - from gaining a strong, popular following. Iran executed Jundallah's leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, last month.

Iranian Government Steps up Accusations Against US Over Bombings | News | English

 

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Iran's deputy police chief, Ahmad Reza Radan, cast a wide swath of blame, including Israel, the United Kingdom, and the U.S..

Its standard routine of the regime to publicly blame these three countries of things which go against the I.R. Nobody actually believes that the US or Israel is behind Jondallah suicide-bombings, neither does the regime themselves. It is more likely that since around 2008, Jondallah has fallen under the influence of the Afghan Taliban, and possibly Al-Qaeda too. Before 2008 Jondallah never used suicide-bombers. This is something that has likely been taught to them after taking shelter in Pakistan's lawless regions. This is what Iranians believe is alot closer to the truth as you can see from the latest remarks by Iranian officials:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/middleeast/18mosque.html?_r=1
Iran Says Pakistan Is Harboring Rebels
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: July 17, 2010

Iran’s deputy police chief accused Pakistan on Saturday of providing a haven for members of an armed rebel group that has claimed responsibility for the deadly twin suicide bombings last week in front of a mosque in the southeastern city of Zahedan.

Chief Ahmadreza Radan also said the authorities had detained 40 people who were seeking to create a disturbance in the city after the bombings, the semiofficial ILNA news agency reported.

The arrests appeared to be part of a crackdown in the Sunni-dominated province of Sistan-Baluchistan, where the rebel group, Jundallah, has been operating. Iran is predominantly Shiite.

Without naming Pakistan specifically, he issued a tough warning to “neighbors on the eastern borders” of Iran.

“The Islamic Republic considers it its right to deal with insurgents who disappear into the other side of the border,” Chief Radan was quoted as saying.

ISNA - 07-18-2010 - 89/4/27 - Service: / Islamic Parliament / News ID: 1576205
Pakistan must be held accountable for evil people presence: Larijani
ISNA - Tehran
Service: Islamic Parliament

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Sunday Pakistani government must be answerable for presence of evil people in its territory.

His remarks came after Jundullah, a Sunni Muslim rebel group, claimed responsibility of a terrorist attack in Zahedan city in southeastern Iran on Thursday where 27 people were killed and 306 others injured.

Larijani speaking in Parliament said the US is the major cause of the terrorist operation, added that, "today, is the day of embarrassment of the US which was involved in such a grisly crime and treachery."

"Unfortunately, confessions of Abdolmalek Rigi (the hanged leader of Jundullah terrorist group) were not released in media to disclose different trends involved in crimes against Iranian nations over recent years," Larijani continued.

Also the Chairman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Saturday that Pakistan must be answerable for sheltering terrorists.

"Terrorism needs to be confronted more seriously, given the fact that Pakistan is terrorists' shelter, Pakistani officials must be held accountable for the issue."

Double terrorist attacks came on Thursday night in a Mosque in southeastern city of Zahedan as Shiites gathered there to attend a ceremony marking birthday of Prophet Mohammad grandson Imam Hossein.

In a message sent to al-Arabiyya TV, Jundullah said its intention was to avenge the hanging of Abdolmalek Rigi, in June, after he was arrested in Pakistan and extradited to Iran in February.

Rigi's brother Abdolhamid was also executed.

Abdolmalek Rigi had been heading a terrorist group in southeastern Iran for some 5 years killing and injuring many Iranian citizens and officials, before he was executed.

 

[Durran3]

The Iranians are doing the same thing that the Pakistani's have been doing. Instead of actually looking into the Islamist terrorists they are blaming the UK and the US which is absolutely absurd. Muslim people will never learn to take responsibility it seems no matter how much you get pummeled by your own people.

If you think that you are doing justice to all the innocent people who died by deliberatly pointing fingers at the wrong people just because they don't happen to be Muslim than you should be ashamed of yourselves. This goes both for Pakistanis and Iranians.

 

[T-Rex]

The Iranians are doing the same thing that the Pakistani's have been doing. Instead of actually looking into the Islamist terrorists they are blaming the UK and the US which is absolutely absurd. Muslim people will never learn to take responsibility it seems no matter how much you get pummeled by your own people.

If you think that you are doing justice to all the innocent people who died by deliberatly pointing fingers at the wrong people just because they don't happen to be Muslim than you should be ashamed of yourselves. This goes both for Pakistanis and Iranians.

U r definitely on the payroll of the CIA . Before being hanged Mr. Rigi, the former head of Jundallah, disclosed the CIA connections. Jundallah terrorists are CIA trained and funded. Now, it may sound like the most absurd thing to you for u r too much in love with the US, but people with eyes and ears know that CIA has always been involved in terrorism.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Ey Iran ---

I assume Iranians arent so blind so as NOT to see that we are also being attacked and our holy places are also being bombed by similar people with similar goals (provoke unrest)


open your eyes and wake up.....


worry about your side of the border, we'll worry about ours. Thanks.
















p.s. Iranians are just doing what Pakistani politicians do. Yes we have enemies who will try to find our weak spots and exploit them. But we need to solve the issues that exist --- namely the social problems and under-development in Pakistani Baluchistan / Iranían Sistan va Baluchestan

 

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worry about your side of the border, we'll worry about ours. Thanks.

Iran has been more successful at tackling the issue within areas under it's own jurisdiction. The troubling factor for Iran are those that come into Iran to launch operations and then flee to safe havens on the other side of the border-- so if 'you' are as keen about your border districts as we are about ours, then there will be a mutuality of interest. Thanks.

A lack of control over infiltrations and cross-border raids to and from Pakistani Baluchistan is also demonstrated by the BLA (which often utilities areas in the small south-Afghanistan portion of Baluchistan as well as sites within Pakistani Baluchistan itself) as well as smugglers and even criminals fleeing imprisonment. Hence, the issue is very real. More so, the security situation in Pakistani Baluchistan has much more drastic consequences in the long term for Pakistan itself than it has for the smaller Iranian portion.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

good, so share the intel and work towards defeating a common enemy.....i dont know why instead the Iranian authorities need to make provocative statements about Pakistan and its fully capable security/intelligence forces.

its better, once again, to look within your borders and solve the economic/social problems that exist; we need to also do more of the same