Yesterday, the Iranian judiciary announced the execution of two people from the Baloch opposition group Jaysh al-Adl after they were found guilty of killing four policemen in 2016 in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan (southeast), where for several weeks there are sporadic acts of violence. Judiciary website Mizan Online reported that yesterday (Tuesday) two members of the Jaish al-Adl opposition group, Rashid Baloch and Ishaq Askani, were executed in Zahedan prison, the center of the border province with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The “Army of Justice” was founded by former members of the formation of the rebel movement in the province, according to Agence France-Presse. Iranian officials have previously accused the group of conducting operations from neighboring Pakistan.
In recent years, skirmishes between Iranian security forces and armed groups have occurred frequently in Sistan and Balochistan, and while many of these clashes involve smuggling attempts, some of them involve clashes with Baloch separatists or militants.
Recently, the province, especially its capital, Zahedan, has witnessed additional tension as protests erupt in Iran since September 16 against the backdrop of the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, days after her arrest. the vice police in Tehran, against the backdrop of her failure to comply with the strict dress code in Iran.
Dozens were killed on the sidelines of the protests, including members of the security forces, and hundreds of others were arrested in movements that included slogans against the authorities.
Zahedan witnessed the bloody events of September 30, which killed dozens of people, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
