Jund, a Sunni group linked to Al Qaida, has focused on Iran's elite
military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Over the last 18 months,
Jund killed scores of IRGC officers in bombings and ambushes in Sistan
Balochistan.
"Since its inception in 2003, Jund Allah has engaged in numerous attacks
resulting in the death and maiming of scores of Iranian civilians and
government officials, primarily in Iran's Sistan Balochistan province," the
State Department said.
On Nov. 3, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the designation
of Jund in consultation with the Justice Department and Treasury Department.
The State Department said Jund has employed suicide and other strikes
against the Teheran regime.
"Jund Allah uses a variety of terrorist tactics, including suicide
bombings, ambushes, kidnappings and targeted assassinations," the department
said.
This marked the second Iranian opposition group deemed terrorist by the
United States. In 1994, the State Department designated Mujahadeen Khalq a
terrorist group.
In October 2009, more than 40 people, many of them IRGC officers, were
killed in a Jund attack. Four months later, Iran captured Jund leader Abdul
Malik Rigi, later replaced by Al Haj Baluch.
"The consequences of these designations include a prohibition against
persons knowingly providing material support or resources to Jund Allah, and
the blocking of all property and interests in property of the organization
that are in the United States, or come within the United States, or the
control of U.S. persons," the State Department said.
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