16 top security guards were captured by Baloch
fighters
By Reza Hossein Borr; 18-06-2008 ; Balochi_Curtural Yahoo Group
In an interview on 17 June 08 with Dr Nourizadeh of Chanel one TV, the
spokesman of the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran, Jondollah, wowed to
continue their struggle until the Islamic Republic of Iran is overthrown. In
answer to a question that what kind of Iran he wants to see in future, he
articulated a vision of equality, prosperity, freedom and democracy. He
expressed that his organization' s military operations in Sarawan,
Baluchistan in which 16 top security guards were captured, was in response
to the call of local people who had been beaten and their women had been
raped by security forces earlier. He said that after the call of Iranian
civil society organizations some time ago for an end to military operations,
they honored their call and restrained from any conflict with the Iranian
government, but the government continued attacks on innocent people, the
security forces continued to rape innocent women and hanged the young
innocent Baloch people who had been arrested on false and fabricated
charges.
He said that no person with clear and active conscience can choose to turn a
blind eye on the rape of innocent women who have never been insulted by men
in their entire history. He said that allowing the security forces to
continue their arbitrary killings and raping of women, is to encourage the
security forces to continue such crimes. When the innocent and helpless
women were raped in Sarawan, we had no any other alternative but blocking
the way of the security forces and stopping them from further rapes and
killings. In the conflict that followed, 16 members of the security forces
were arrested. There were nine officers among them and their commander was a
colonel. The capture of Iranian security forces by the Baluch fighters were
welcomed by the Iranian news media and opposition groups. The readers of one
site, http://www.peykeira n.com/ praised the members of People Resistance
Movement of Iran for their heroic action.
These operations happened two days before the extradition of Abdol Hamid
Rigi, the brother of Abdul Malik Rigi, the leader of Peoples Resistance
Movement of Iran from Pakistan to Iran. Abdol Hamid Rigi was returned to
Iran even when the Pakistani authorities were warned by the Amnesty
International and other human rights organizations that he would be
persecuted, tortured and hanged in Iran. They also warned that he would be
forced to false and fabricated confessions in which different innocent
people may be implicated. He was returned on 12 June 08, before the Pakistan
High Court could hold its session for stopping his extradition. This action
was against Pakistan's judicial system. While the new coalition governmental
of Pakistan owes its success to the successful actions of lawyers for
restoration of democracy and rule of law in Pakistan, the government ignored
judiciary procedures and acted against the law. Such actions clearly
indicate why the new government refuses to reinstate the judges that were
dismissed when Gen Musharaf announced martial law last year. This attitude
of the new government proves that the violation of law is as easy as it was
in the past while both Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari claim to be the victims
of violation of human rights and break of law by the previous governments.
The extradition of Rigi is an indication that the present leaders of
Pakistan have not yet learnt their lessons from history and are prepared to
sacrifice law for their interests. This was a major success for the Iranian
authorities in their relationship with the new governmental Pakistan.
Abdol Hamid Rigi had been sentenced for one year few months ago. He was
sentenced in Quetta, Baluchistan but suddenly was transferred to Islamabad
and then handed over to Iranian authorities along with three other Baluch.
The news of his extradition was not announced by the Pakistan authorities
and the Pakistani newspapers published it quoting Iranian newspapers that
had portrayed it as a great victory for the foreign policy of Iran and its
enormous influence in Pakistan and the region.
In the same time, Iran was also able to negotiate the release of one
Japanese student and Fahraj Friday leader in exchange for the freedom of 5
political prisoners and paying of 10 million dollars according to rebel
sources; but the Iranian regime announced that the release of these two men
have been secured by their military operations in which the main rebel
leader have been arrested and his followers have escaped. This news was
portrayed as a major military success for the Iranian regime. It also shows
the deception strategies of a regime that was not committed to Islamic
principles of telling the truth.
After the Jondollah’s successful military operations, the Iranian government
killed the top Baluch singer, Shohlibor, while he was on his way to sing in
a festival. Another young Baluch was shot dead for alleged drug trafficking.
Two Baluch were hanged in the southern city of Chabahar, Balochistan and one
member of Jondollah was hanged in Zahedan today. This all happened within a
week. The confrontation between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people in
Baluchistan continues to rise in the coming weeks as we will see a hike in
the persecution of the Baluch people.
Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and
14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual
of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life,
and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email:
balochfront@ aol.com
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Iran accuses U.S. of backing Sunni Muslim
rebels
TEHRAN, June 21 (Reuters) - Iran accused
the United States on Saturday of supporting a Sunni Muslim rebel group which
said on Friday it had killed two of 16 Iranian policemen kidnapped last week
in a volatile area near the border with Pakistan.
Predominantly Shi'ite Iran has previously linked the group, Jundollah (God's
Soldiers), to al Qaeda, but government spokesman Gholamhossin Elham did not
repeat that on Saturday.
"This terrorist group, which is supported by the Americans, has a history of
such terrorist acts," Elham told reporters without giving details.
Iran has often accused Washington and London of trying to destabilise the
country by supporting rebels, mainly in sensitive border areas.
Jundollah said on Friday it had killed two policemen and threatened to kill
the 14 others it is holding unless Tehran meets demands including the
release of jailed comrades, Al Arabiya television reported.
It said a spokesman identified as Abdul-Raouf had told Arabiya by phone that
the group had decided to kill the men after the Iranian government executed
two Sunnis in its custody.
The Arab network screened a video of two blindfolded men kneeling on the
ground but said it could not show the full footage of the killings to avoid
disturbing viewers.
Iran and the United States are engaged in a standoff over Tehran's disputed
nuclear ambitions. Washington also accuses the Islamic Republic of backing
Shi'ite militias in Iraq, a charge Iranian officials deny.
Elham said Iranian authorities were investigating the reported killings. "It
is likely that (Jundollah's) claims are a psychological manoeuvre and
nothing more. And, consequently, one cannot confirm their propaganda and
psychological ploys," the spokesman said.
He also suggested the kidnapping was in response to a crackdown on the
group: "They should ... anticipate additional blows from Iranian security
forces".
Iranian media reported on June 13 that bandits had kidnapped 16 policemen
and taken them to nearby Pakistan after attacking a police station in the
volatile province of Sistan-Baluchestan, notorious for frequent clashes with
drug smugglers and home to Iran's mostly Sunni Muslim ethnic Baluchis.
In 2007, Jundollah claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus carrying
Iranian Revolutionary Guards that killed 11 people.
Iranian officials have said that the group's leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, was a
leader of al Qaeda's network in Iran. (Reporting by Hashem Kalantari;
Writing by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by Catherine Evans)
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Sunni Group Announces Execution of 2 Iranian Policemen
By Thomas Erdbrink
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 21, 2008; Page A09
TEHRAN, June 20 -- An armed Sunni group said Friday that it had executed two
Iranian policemen, and it threatened to kill 14 others abducted a week ago
in an area near the border with Pakistan.
Iranian authorities did not immediately react to a videotape purporting to
show the killings, part of which was aired Friday by the al-Arabiya
satellite channel, based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Iran has
accused the United States of assisting the group, known as Jundallah, or
God's Brigade.
In 2007, ABC News quoted U.S. and Pakistani intelligence officials as saying
that Jundallah members have been "encouraged and advised" by American
officials since 2005. A CIA spokesman told ABC that the United States
provides no funding to Jundallah.
In the years since the U.S.-led invasion of neighboring Iraq, Iran has
experienced increased unrest in border areas where minorities live. Iran is
an overwhelmingly Shiite country in which Persians are the dominant ethnic
group.
Militant organizations have claimed responsibility for bombings in a
southwestern province where many Iranian Arabs live. A Kurdish separatist
group based in northern Iraq has attacked Iranian security personnel in
Iran's Kurdish areas, killing hundreds.
The groups say Iran's government mistreats and discriminates against
minorities, charges that authorities deny.
Abbas Mohtaj, an Interior Ministry official, told the semi-independent Fars
News Agency on Wednesday that a "threatening communique" from Jundallah
demanded "the release of criminals that have been jailed by the courts."
Iranian officials have said that the abducted policemen were taken to
Pakistan. The kidnappings occurred on the same day that the brother of the
leader of Jundallah, Abdul Malik Rigi, was extradited by Pakistan to Iran.
The group operates in the Iranian province of Sistan va Baluchistan, where
Sunni Muslims of the Baluchi minority live. Some members of this minority
say they are ethnically distinct from Persians. The Baluchis live in the
porous border area between Iran and Pakistan, often referred to as Iran's
Wild West, where authorities contend with the smuggling of drugs, weapons
and oil.
Also Thursday, Iranian media reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had
indirectly accused the United States of plotting to assassinate him during a
visit to Baghdad in March.
A U.S. military official told the Reuters news service that U.S.-led
coalition forces were unaware of any threat to Ahmadinejad during his visit.
"The enemy had plans to kidnap and assassinate this servant of the nation in
the Iraq trip. But with God's help we made a few changes in our programs,"
Ahmadinejad said, according to the news agency ISNA.
The "enemy" is a term often used by Iranian authorities for those who oppose
the Iranian government, including the United States.
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In spite of the
court sentence and the objection of several human rights organiszations and
groups, the government of Pakistan extradited Gholam Haidar Raisani Baloch
to Islamic Republic of Iran
17 June 2008
Following the reports, Gholam Haidar Raisani Baloch and three other persons
were extradited by Pakistan government to the authorities of Islamic
Republic of Iran at Islamabad airport Saturday 14.06.2008. The identity of
other 3 persons is still unknown.
Gholam Haidar Baloch – son of Khodabaksh born in 1979, who originates from a
area near by Quetta, was approximately one year ago sentenced to
imprisonment in Pakistan, claimed to carry unauthorized arms. Despite of the
court sentence, the government of Pakistan changed the decision last month
and ordered his extradition to Iran, where it was claimed that he is holder
of iranian nationality. Several human rights organizations and groups,
including Amnesty International have consequently reacted by objection to
this dicision. Furthermore, baloch people in several cities in Balochistan
have expressed their objection to the current illegal dicision of Pakistan
government by demonstrations and other legal peaceful acts.
After changing the dicision of court by Pakistan government, human rights
activists succeeded to bring the case to Supreme court, which ordered the
cancellation of extradition order. On the date where the dicision of supreme
court was about to be published, the pakistani authorities removed Gholam
Haidar from Quetta Jail, and hold him in custody at an unknown place until
Saturday 14.06.2008. Afterwards the extradition was announced by Iranian
news agencies. The announcement did though not mentioned his name but as
‘’Abdoulhamid Rigi’’.
Islamic Republic of Iran has during the hole process claimed that Gholam
Haidar is an iranian citizen while there are uttermost legal documentations
on that he is a pakistani citizen. His parents and his own family members
are all holder of pakistani national, and hold all pakistani aquired
documents incl. ID-card, driving liscence, school documents, passport etc.
As informed, the Islamic republic of Iran has already killed and still
killing hundreds / thousands of young Baloch with false allegations such as
participation in drug handling processes and / or participation in armed
groups. As informed also, the acused persons have been killed with no any
right for justice defence against the false allegations. When it is not
possible for the regime to take such allegations in use, it does not
hesitate to claim the Baloch are politically active agains the regime.
Therefore we in Balochistan Human Right Watch strongly fear for the life of
Gholam Haidar Baloch and would like to call international attention, the
Amnesty International in particular, to our concern. Nevertheless we would
like the international community to take the necessary immediate action on
this particular imprtant matter
.
Balochistan Human Right Watch / Radio Balochi FM - Sweden
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Urgent –
Life of several young Baloch, recently arrested in Iran, seriously in danger
Balochistan Human Right Watch ; 18 June
2008
Following the reports from the reporters of Balochistan Human Right Watch,
33 military vehicles full of Mersad armed forces (the special security force
in Iran, active in Balochistan in particular for suppression purpose)
attacked the village Nasirabad suited in Sarbaz city of Balochistan in Iran
Monday 16 June 2008. The aim of attack was to arrest Moulavai Abed
Bahramzahi (the local sunni religious clerk in the village).
The security forces were not able to catch Moulavi Abed Bahramzahi, since he
was not present in the village. Therefore the security forces, consequently,
attempt to arrest the son of Moulavi Abed Bahramzahi. This act was though
met by resistance of people in the village. The security forces, heavily
armed, attacked, beat and shot at the unarmed innocent people. The attack
resulted in the sever casualty of 6 persons who were transferred to the
Khatam-ul-Anbia Hospital in Iranshahr city of Balochistan. Among them 3
following persons who more severely were injured underwent surgery
operation:
1. Abdoulbaset Vatankhah
2. Abdoulhalim Vatankhah
3. Khalilulrahman Bahramzahi
The last 3 persons were transferred to the jail, and there is no further
information on their fate yet. Furthermore, Abdoulbaset Vatankhah, was
transferred to the jail Wednesday 18 June 2008, after being removed to ICU
room beyond the surgery operation. He was beaten and physically abused
severely just before transferring to the jail which resulted in internal
bleeding.
At the very same day, where Mersad security forces attacked Nasirabad
village, the forces attacked another village Rasoolabab, suited in the
suburb of Iranshar city, as well as the religious sunni school in the
village Mohammadabad (near Bampur and Iranshahr) where they physically
abused several persons and arrested 20. There is no any information either
about the fate of arrested persons yet.
Some of official news agencies (1)in Iran have confirmed the arrestation of
mentioned persons and linked them to Jondullah group.
As informed, the Islamic republic of Iran has already killed and still
killing hundreds / thousands of young Baloch with false allegations such as
participation in drug handling processes and / or participation in armed
groups. As informed also, the accused persons have been killed with no any
right for justice defense against the false allegations. When it is not
possible for the regime to take such allegations in use, it does not
hesitate to claim the Baloch are politically active against the regime.
Therefore we in Balochistan Human Right Watch strongly fear for the life of
these young balochis, arrested recently and would like to call international
attention, the Amnesty International in particular, to our concern.
Nevertheless we would like the international community to take the necessary
immediate action on this particular important matter.
Balochistan Human Right Watch / Radio Balochi FM - Sweden
http://bhrw.blogspot.com
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