TEHRAN: Iran´s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused”foreign-backed terrorists” for attacks Thursday in the port city ofChabahar that killed two people and wounded around 40 others.
“Foreign-backed terrorists kill & wound innocents in Chabahar. As we´vemade it clear in the past, such crimes won´t go unpunished,” Zarif tweeted.
Chabahar lies in Sistan-Balochistan province which has long been aflashpoint, with separatists and extremists carrying out attacks targetingthe authorities.
“In 2010, our security services intercepted & captures extremists en routefrom UAE. Mark my words: Iran WILL bring terrorists & their masters tojustice” Zarif added in the tweet.
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He was referring to the capture, trial and subsequent execution in June2010 of Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of militant group Jundallah who hadwaged a deadly insurgency in Sistan-Balochistan.
He was captured while on a flight from Dubai to Kyrgystan after Iranianfighter jets intercepted the airliner and forced it to land in Iran andremoved Rigi and a number of his companions. – APP/AFP
