nonarky
2008-12-15, 21:52
this was back in 2007, i never heard of this until i stumbled on this article
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/byauthor/170024
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran executed a defendant by hanging after a court convicted him of a bombing last week that killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Nasrollah Shanbe Zehi was executed at the site of the attack in Zahedan, capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran, the report said.
The sentence was carried out a day after a revolutionary court convicted him of the bombing.
A car loaded with explosives blew up Wednesday near a bus carrying members of the elite military corps, killing 11 and wounding 31.
Zehi was arrested a few hours after the bombing.
A Sunni militant group which some believe is linked to al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Jundallah, or God's Brigade, has also been blamed for past attacks on Iranian troops.
IRNA quoted an unnamed official as saying on Friday that Zehi confessed that the attacks were part of U.S. plans to provoke ethnic and religious violence in Iran.
The report said Zehi was also convicted of separate offenses including the deaths of four policemen and two civilians and a bank robbery.
The accusations come amid mounting tensions between Tehran and Washington over allegations of Iranian involvement in attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, and over Iran's nuclear activities.
Jundallah has waged a low-level insurgency in southeastern Iran. In December, Jundallah claimed responsibility for kidnapping seven Iranian soldiers, but released them apparently after negotiations through tribal mediators.
In March 2006, gunmen dressed as security officers killed 21 people on a highway outside Zahedan in an attack authorities blamed on "rebels," though Jundallah was never specifically named.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/byauthor/170024
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran executed a defendant by hanging after a court convicted him of a bombing last week that killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Nasrollah Shanbe Zehi was executed at the site of the attack in Zahedan, capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran, the report said.
The sentence was carried out a day after a revolutionary court convicted him of the bombing.
A car loaded with explosives blew up Wednesday near a bus carrying members of the elite military corps, killing 11 and wounding 31.
Zehi was arrested a few hours after the bombing.
A Sunni militant group which some believe is linked to al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Jundallah, or God's Brigade, has also been blamed for past attacks on Iranian troops.
IRNA quoted an unnamed official as saying on Friday that Zehi confessed that the attacks were part of U.S. plans to provoke ethnic and religious violence in Iran.
The report said Zehi was also convicted of separate offenses including the deaths of four policemen and two civilians and a bank robbery.
The accusations come amid mounting tensions between Tehran and Washington over allegations of Iranian involvement in attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, and over Iran's nuclear activities.
Jundallah has waged a low-level insurgency in southeastern Iran. In December, Jundallah claimed responsibility for kidnapping seven Iranian soldiers, but released them apparently after negotiations through tribal mediators.
In March 2006, gunmen dressed as security officers killed 21 people on a highway outside Zahedan in an attack authorities blamed on "rebels," though Jundallah was never specifically named.