Three men convicted of involvement in a May 28 bomb attack that killed 25 and injured over 100 at the Amir al-Momenin mosque in Iran's eastern city of Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchistan province, were hanged May 30. The Jundallah militant group claimed responsibility for the blast, with a spokesman confirming the attack to Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV. Iranian officials say the attack aimed at provoking disorder before the presidential elections. US State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly denounced the attack and rejected the notion that the White House had a hand in it. (Press TV [2], Iran, May 30)
The day after the blast, gunmen attacked an office of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election campaign in Zahedan, injuring a child and two others. The assailants reportedly shouted curses against Ahmadinejad and tore down his photographs before firing their weapons. Some of the assailants were reported arrested. (Bloomberg [3], May 29)
See our last posts on Iran [4] and the struggle for Baluchistan [5].
