Iran executes Jundullah leader Rigi’s brother

The Baloch Hal News

ZAHEDAN, Iran: Abdulhamid Rigi, a leader of a militant Sunni group, was executed Monday in Zahedan, Iran, for conspiring against the government, authorities said.

Rigi belonged to Jundallah, also known as the People’s Resistance Movement of Iran, a group that has killed more than 400 Iranian soldiers and many more civilians, Iranian officials said.

Rigi was convicted of militancy against Iran, said Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Hamidi, a spokesman for Balouchestan’s provincial Justice Department.

Abdulhamid Rigi, who was arrested last year, was the brother of the group’s main leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, who was captured by Iran in February and allegedly said the United States promised him financial and military aid to fight the Iranian government, Fars News Agency reported Monday.

Abdulhamid Rigi allegedly told Iranian interrogators he was to meet in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with a high-ranking U.S. official to discuss new attacks on Iranian territory, Fars reported.

The United States has denied any connection to the Rigi brothers and their group.