Sunni Rebel Leader Executed
June 21 2010
The leader of the Sunni militant group Jundullah was hanged on Sunday morning at Tehran's Evin prison, the Tehran Times reports.
Iran's official news agency said Abdolmalek Rigi was found guilty of being an enemy of God, as well as for murder, terrorist activities, armed robbery and assassination attempts.
Rigi was detained by Iranian security forces in February while on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Kyrgyzstan when the aircraft stopped at Bandar Abbas Airport in...
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