Iran Arrests Top Sunni Militant Abdolmalek Rigi

Sunni Muslim rebel leader Abdolmalek Rigi under armed guard following his arrest in Iran. Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters

Iran Arrests Most Wanted Militant, Claims He Had Covert U.S. Support -- McClatchy News

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Iran has arrested its most wanted fugitive, a Sunni Muslim rebel leader linked to a number of high-profile attacks and alleged to have Western backing in what Tehran on Tuesday called "a great defeat for the U.S. and U.K."

Iranian state TV showed masked police leading Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of the militant Jundallah (Soldiers of God), off a small plane.

Jundallah has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against civilians and soldiers in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province from bases in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in October 2009 that killed 42 people, among them seven senior officers of the Revolutionary Guard Corps and top tribal leaders gathering for a meeting.

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Iran: Arrested Sunni Militant Leader Had Help From US -- Voice of America
Iran announces capture of militant group Jundallah's leader -- L.A. Times
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Iran Arrests Sunni Rebel Leader, Says Backed by U.S. -- Business Week/Bloomberg
US denies links to captured Iran militant -- AFP
Iran grounds plane with Rigi holding US-issued passport -- Press TV (Iran)
Iran Reveals New Details on Rigi's Arrest -- FARS News Network (Iran)
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