Iran Hangs 16 after Deadly Border Attack
The Iranian authorities on Saturday hanged 16 "rebels" following overnight clashes in which 14 border guards were killed on the frontier with Pakistan, a judicial official said.
"Sixteen rebels linked to groups hostile to the regime were hanged this morning in the prison of Zahedan in response to the death of border guards in Saravan," Mohammad Marzieh, the attorney general of Sistan-Baluchestan province, was quoted as saying by Fars news agency.
"We warned the rebel groups that any attack targeting civilians or members of the security forces would not go unanswered," he added.
The official IRNA news agency, quoting what it called an informed source, said the clashes in which the border guards were killed occurred in a mountainous region used by both drug traffickers and armed rebels.
Deputy Interior Minister Ali Abdollahi said that the guards had been killed during the ambush set by Iranians who were "members of hostile groups".
He added that "three soldiers have been taken hostage and taken to the other side of the border in Pakistan".
The Sistan-Baluchestan province, home to a Sunni Muslim majority, has seen militants from the Sunni group Jundallah (Soldiers of God) launch bloody attacks in recent years.
In October 2012, a suicide attack against a Shiite mosque in the far south of the province killed at least two people and wounded several others.
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if anything bad happens, we will hang others. hmmm a nice religious value.
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These hanged rebels didn't have the luck to go before an INternational tribunal....Same should apply for the Lebanese 'Saints' (and their bosses!) , somewhere, between Deir el Zor, and Tehran!
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they claim to have sophisticated technology and military power, if they did they wouldnt have hanged those vulnerable ones in prison they would have found those who killed the security forces and hanged them but seems they're not as tough as they claim to be...
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The 14 centuries old war continues.
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the US is not better im just saying that its not fair to kill vulnerable prisoners while those who attacked them are still free out there its unfair
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Iranian theocratic dictatorship is retarded. Iranians should wake up and hand them!
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it is easy to say that Iranians should wake up and that there must be a revolution in Iran but its not easy to bear the consequences in the region although after the Syrian Crisis would be resolved if it will in a fair and solid way that could guarantee stability a Revolution in Iran should take place and its consequences on us would be less crucial
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not criminals, freedom fighters.
FREEDOM FOR BALOUCHISTAN and KHUZESTAN, stop the farsi occupation and REPRESSION OF SUNNIS IN IRAN...
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I hope your medieval regime crumbles to ashes and is replaced by a democratic system that respects people's intelligence and other countries sovereignty.
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no tribunal to judge them as any person is entitled to, justice the iranian way! and M8 adore and praise their system! waw!
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not criminals, freedom fighters.
FREEDOM FOR BALOUCHISTAN and KHUZESTAN, stop the farsi occupation and REPRESSION OF SUNNIS IN IRAN...
Iranians. Such civilized people same as their counterparts.