Officials said two bombs were detonated outside a mosque in Iran's
Sistan-Baluchistan province near the Pakistan border. They said many of the
casualties were women and children who had attended a Shi'ite ceremony.
Jund Allah said the suicide strikes were meant as retaliation for the
Iranian execution of its leader, Abdul Malek Rigi, in June. This marked
the latest of several major bombings and ambushes over the last six months.
"This operation was in revenge for the execution of the leader of the
movement Abdul Malek and other martyrs of Jund Allah who were savagely
hanged," Jund Allah said.
Iran has accused Britain, Israel, Pakistan and the United States for
Jund operations. For its part, Washington has condemned the latest bombings.
"America and the Zionist regime try to create discord among Shi'ites and
Sunnis by orchestrating such bombings," Iranian parliament speaker Ali
Larijani said. "They should know that such measures will not go unanswered."
Officials did not say whether Iranian military officers were in the
Chabahar mosque during the attacks. They said Jund sent a team from Pakistan
to Iran to conduct the operation.
"Three terrorists entered Iran from a neighboring country," an Iranian
intelligence official said. "One of them blew himself up, another one was
killed by police and the other was arrested while trying to flee Iran."
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