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Mon, 07/19/2010 - 14:41
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Zahedan terrorists sought to provoke sectarian violence: Iran's police
TEHRAN, July 19 (MNA) – National Police Chief Ismail Ahmadi Moqaddam has said the terrorist acts in Zahedan were aimed at stoking strife between Shias and Sunnis in Sistan-Baluchestan province, a region bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan.
However, the security forces, political and religious figures thwarted the terrorists’ plots, Ahmadi Moqaddam said in a conference on national security and social discipline on Sunday.
On Thursday, two bombs were detonated in quick succession in front of the Zahedan Grand Mosque in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. At least 27 people lost their lives and nearly 300 others were injured in the incident.
The terrorist group Jundullah has claimed responsibility for the attacks. In a statement posted on its web site, Jundullah described the attacks as retaliation for Iran’s June 21 execution of the group’s former ringleader, Abdolmalek Rigi.
“The police itself, had been expecting such incidents in Zahedan because the Rigi group had been seeking to retaliate, therefore all security and law enforcement forces in Sistan and Balouchestan were on the alert,” Ahmadi Moqaddam stated.
He said that police officers were relatively keeping guard over the mosque but if the police had guarded the place more carefully, still the terrorists would have implemented their plans somewhere else.
Iranian officials have expressed dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s failure to prevent entry of “criminal terrorists” into its territory.
Ahmadi Moqaddam said security forces will not enter the Pakistani territory, but they will cooperate with Pakistan to arrest terrorists.
Talking in the same conference, Mohsen Esmaeili, a Guardian Council member, said safety is the most primary need of citizens and that all government organizations should make efforts to fulfill this need.
MP Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi said Iran is considered one of the safest countries despite the fact that it borders the “most unsafe” countries in the world, a reference to Iraq and Afghanistan and partly Pakistan.
Speaking on the sidelines of the conference, Aboutorabi said even if the U.S., with all of its sophisticated intelligence services, had some unsecure neighbors like Iran, it could not have provided proper security for its citizens.
Aboutorabi, the Majlis vice speaker, went on to say that security can be provided through joint cooperation between police and the Judiciary.
However, the security forces, political and religious figures thwarted the terrorists’ plots, Ahmadi Moqaddam said in a conference on national security and social discipline on Sunday.
On Thursday, two bombs were detonated in quick succession in front of the Zahedan Grand Mosque in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. At least 27 people lost their lives and nearly 300 others were injured in the incident.
The terrorist group Jundullah has claimed responsibility for the attacks. In a statement posted on its web site, Jundullah described the attacks as retaliation for Iran’s June 21 execution of the group’s former ringleader, Abdolmalek Rigi.
“The police itself, had been expecting such incidents in Zahedan because the Rigi group had been seeking to retaliate, therefore all security and law enforcement forces in Sistan and Balouchestan were on the alert,” Ahmadi Moqaddam stated.
He said that police officers were relatively keeping guard over the mosque but if the police had guarded the place more carefully, still the terrorists would have implemented their plans somewhere else.
Iranian officials have expressed dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s failure to prevent entry of “criminal terrorists” into its territory.
Ahmadi Moqaddam said security forces will not enter the Pakistani territory, but they will cooperate with Pakistan to arrest terrorists.
Talking in the same conference, Mohsen Esmaeili, a Guardian Council member, said safety is the most primary need of citizens and that all government organizations should make efforts to fulfill this need.
MP Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi said Iran is considered one of the safest countries despite the fact that it borders the “most unsafe” countries in the world, a reference to Iraq and Afghanistan and partly Pakistan.
Speaking on the sidelines of the conference, Aboutorabi said even if the U.S., with all of its sophisticated intelligence services, had some unsecure neighbors like Iran, it could not have provided proper security for its citizens.
Aboutorabi, the Majlis vice speaker, went on to say that security can be provided through joint cooperation between police and the Judiciary.
