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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

U.S. lists Jundallah as terror group

Washington designated Sunni militant group Jundallah as a terrorist organization for its violent attacks in southern Iran, the State Department said Wednesday.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Jundallah execution a warning, Iran says

The execution of militant leader Abdolmalek Rigi is a sign of the failure of policies targeting Iran, Iranian national security leaders said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Brother of Jundallah chief hanged in Iran

Iranian authorities announced they executed the brother of Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi at a prison in the south of the country.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

U.S. backing terrorists, Larijani says

There is evidence that U.S. agencies are supporting the activities of the Pakistani militant group Jundallah, Iranian officials said in Turkey.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Tehran wants Dubai info on Jundallah chief

Iran has evidence to suggest captured militant leader Abdolmalek Rigi had financial support from "at least" three foreign countries, the Iranian president said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Jundallah rebuts arrest narrative

A spokesman for the Sunni militant group Jundallah challenged the Iranian narrative of the arrest of their leader, saying it was a U.S.-Israeli operation.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Jundallah picks new leadership

Sunni militant group Jundallah pledged to step up attacks on Tehran as new leadership emerges in the wake of a high-profile capture for Iran last week.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

No ties to Jundallah's Rigi, Pentagon says

Allegations that captured Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi had contacts with U.S. officials prior to his arrest are false, the U.S. Defense Department said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Rigi spoke with NATO, Iran claims

Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi had ties to U.S. and Israeli intelligence officials as well as NATO commanders before his arrest, Iranian ministers said.

World News // 1 decade ago

Iran arrests Pakistani terror group leader

Iranian officials report the leader of Jundallah, a terror group based in Pakistan, was captured Tuesday on a Dubai-to-Kyrgyzstan flight.

Abdolmajid Rigi or Abdolmalek Rigi (also spelt Abdul-Malek Rigi or Abdulmalik Rigi) (Persian: عبدالمالک ریگی) (c. 1983 – June 20, 2010) was the leader of Jundallah, an Islamist Sunni militant organization based in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of southeast Iran, until his capture and execution in 2010 by the Iranian government.

Born in 1983, Abdolmalek Rigi is from the Regi tribe who are an ethnic Iranian Baloch people. Prior to founding Jundallah, while a teenager, Rigi was convicted of assault with a knife, for which he served time in prison.

Although lacking any formal secular education, Rigi had been educated at Karachi's Binnori Town seminary, a Sunni Madrasah which was school to many of the Taliban leaders.

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