2007 Zahedan bombings

Terrorist attack in Sistan-Baluchestan province, Iran 2007 Zahedan bombing Zahedan, Iran 14 February 2007 6:30am UTC+3.30 Car bombing (first attack)School bombing (second attack) 18 (car bombing) 31 (car bombing) 1 (school bombing) Jundallah (responsibility claimed) The 2007 Zahedan bombings occurred from 14–17 February in Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, Iran. The first bombing occurred at 6:30 a.m. on February 14 when a car filled with explosives stopped in front of a bus carrying Revolutionary Guards in Ahmadabad district. The car exploded, killing 18 and injuring 31 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021400039.html The Washington Post Report: Bomb Kills 18 Revolutionary Guardsmen in Iran 14 February 2007http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/17/content_5751122.htm Report: Weapons used in attack in Zahedan, Iran come from U.S. 17 February 2007 China View 12 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20070219031554/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/17/content_5751122.htm Xinhua News Agency 19 February 2007http://www.payvand.com/news/07/feb/1206.html UNSC condemns terrorist act in Iran's Zahedan 16 February 2017 Payvand News 12 February 2018 29 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103212/http://www.payvand.com/news/07/feb/1206.html dead Jundallah claimed responsibility. First bombing A car filled with explosives stopped in front of a bus full of Revolutionary Guards in Ahmadabad district, Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Province at 6:30 a.m. on 14 February 2007. The car, parked in the middle of the road, forced the bus to stop. The car's driver and passengers then got out of the car and used motorbikes to leave the scene while they shot at the bus. A few seconds later the bombs exploded, killing 18 Guards. A number of Zahedan residents demonstrated in the streets, holding the coffins of the victims of the first bombing, chanting "death to hypocrites." Guards commander Qasem Rezaei said, "This blind terrorist operation led to the martyrdom of 18 citizens of Zahedan." Rezaei attributed the attack to "insurgents and elements of insecurity." Majid Razavi, an Interior Ministry official, said Iranian police arrested a suspect within an hour of the bombing. Five days later, the authorities announced the execution of Nasrollah Shanbezehi. He was hanged in public at the site of the bombing. He was said to have been tried and sentenced by a branch of the Revolutionary Court after his televised confession.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/045/2001/en/ Iran: A legal system that fails to protect freedom of expression and association 21 December 2001 Amnesty International en 12 February 2018 In one of the pictures of his execution, where the noose is being placed around his neck, a bruise is clearly visible above his right eye.http://www.balochpeople.org/farsi/2007/feb/EdameShanbezhai.htm تصاوير اعدام جوان بیگناه بلوچ توسط رژیم نشانه خشونت مذهبي در ايران 22 February 2007 Balochistan People's Party https://web.archive.org/web/20070510200114/http://www.balochpeople.org/farsi/2007/feb/EdameShanbezhai.htm 10 May 2007 dead fa 12 February 2018 In his confession, he reportedly said that he had joined PRMI\Jundallah three months previously, solely for financial reward, but other sources say that he was arrested because he was taking a picture of the bus with his mobile phone.https://pahreh.blogspot.com/ fa Pahra: News about BalochistanFebruary 2018 Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack on 15 February.http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=560152005 Al-Qaeda gains Palestine foothold Annette Young 22 May 2005 The Scotsman 12 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20070209012859/http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=560152005 9 February 2007 The Iranian government has arrested five suspects, two of whom were carrying camcorders and grenades when they were arrested, while the police killed the main "agent" of the attack.http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=132850&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 11 Guards killed in Iran bomb attack 15 February 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224234/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=132850&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 27 September 2007 Gulf Times Among the arrestees was Said Qanbarzehi, a Balochi, who was hanged in Zahedan prison on 27 May 2007. He had been sentenced to death at the age of 17 along with six other Balochi men—Javad Naroui, Masoud Nosratzehi, Houshang Shahnavazi, Yahya Sohrabzehi, Ali Reza Brahoui and Abdalbek Kahrazehi (also known as Abdalmalek) – in March 2007,https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/066/2007/en/ Iran: Further information on fear of imminent execution/ torture 5 June 2007 Amnesty International en 12 February 2018 despite the absolute international prohibition on the execution of child offenders.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/059/2007/en/ Iran: The last executioner of children 27 June 2007 Amnesty International en 12 February 2018 Balochi sources suggest that the seven may have been arrested because of their family ties to those suspected of involvement in the February bus bombing.http://www.radiobalochi.org/ Radio Balochi FM 2007-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20071007010310/http://www.radiobalochi.org/ 2007-10-07 usurped According to Sistan-Baluchistan Provincial Television, 15–17 March 2007, Said Qanbarzehi and the six others all confessed to a number of crimes that allegedly took place in Sistan-Baluchistan province. Some reports suggest that those who confessed were tortured, including by having bones in their hands and feet broken, by being branded with a red-hot iron, and by having an electric drill applied to their limbs, shredding their muscles. Following publication of an interview in ‘Ayyaran newspaper, which has since been closed down on the order of Hojjatoleslam Nekunam, on 17 March 2007 Hossein Ali Shahriari (Zahedan's representative in parliament), stated that there were around 700 people awaiting execution in Sistan-Baluchistan province, whose sentences had been confirmed by the Supreme Court.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/104/2007/en/ Iran: Human Rights Abuses Against The Baluchi Minority 17 September 2007 Amnesty International en 12 February 2018 Reaction Brigadier General Mohammad Jaffari said on 15 February that the government had arrested 68 people in connection with the bombing. The spokesman for Javier Solana, the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, said, "We condemn the car bomb attack on Wednesday in Zahedan. Acts of terrorism can never be justified. The perpetrators must be brought to justice. We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the victims and to the Iranian government." The United Nations Security Council condemned the bombing through a press statement, saying that nothing justifies terrorism. Peter Burian, Slovakia's ambassador to the United Nations and President of the Security Council, said, "They underlined the need to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of this terrorist attack, as with all terrorist attacks."http://english.people.com.cn/200702/17/eng20070217_350759.html EU foreign policy chief condemns terrorist attack in Iran 17 February 2007 People's Daily Online 12 February 2018 Xinhua News Agency United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack and gave his condolences to the Iranian government and the families of the victims. The Georgian Foreign Ministry also condemned the bombing.http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702177566174100.htm Georgia condemns terrorist bombing in Zahedan 17 February 2007 Islamic Republic News Agency 12 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20070304181913/http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702177566174100.htm 4 March 2007 Second bombing Jundallah militants set off a percussion bomb in a girls school on 17 February shortly after the funeral for those killed in the first bombing. Hasan Ali Nouri, governor of Zahedan, said the bomb was a "sound bomb explosion." It wounded one person.http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070218-091207-6731r Iran summons Pakistan envoy over bomb blasts 18 February 2007 Middle East Times 12 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20070220120803/http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070218-091207-6731r 20 February 2007 Agence France-Presse Militants then shot at an electricity plant, successfully cutting off power, before fleeing to a house in Zahedan.http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/17/iran.bombing/index.html?section=cnn_latest CNN Order restored after blast at girls school in Iranhttp://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702172045160231.htm Percussion bomb explosion in Zahedan left no casualties or damage: official 17 February 2007 Islamic Republic News Agency https://web.archive.org/web/20080918223447/http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702172045160231.htm 18 September 2008 12 February 2018 Fars news agency, which is an Iranian state run agency, reported "The insurgents began shooting at people after the explosion. Clashes are continuing between police and the armed insurgents. Police have cordoned off the area."https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17191141 New bombing, then armed clashes, in Iran 16 February 2007 NBC News 12 February 2018 Associated Press en The Iranian government summoned Pakistani ambassador Shafkat Saeed. Foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said, "The Pakistani ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry to give explanations. Discussions were undertaken and a committee was formed between the two countries to reinforce border security." The investigation and the confessions show that foreigners are implicated in these actions.http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10236:iran-summons-pakistan-envoy-over-bomb-blasts&catid=4:iran-general&Itemid=109 Iran summons Pakistan envoy over bomb blasts 18 February 2007 Iran Focus 12 February 2018 Agence France-Presse en-gb See also Iran 2000s Abdolmalek Rigi Iran–Pakistan barrier 2008 Shiraz bombing Attack of Tasooki References External links Terror strikes Iran: Baluchistan blowback? 5 suspects in Zahedan bombing arrested: local official Sistan and Baluchestan Province Category:Car and truck bombings in 2007 Category:School bombings in Asia Category:February 2007 crimes in Asia Category:21st-century mass murders in Iran Category:Car and truck bombings in Iran Category:2000s in Sistan and Baluchestan province Category:2007 mass murders Category:Building bombings in Iran Category:Zahedan Category:February 2007 in Iran Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 2007 Category:Terrorist incidents in Iran in the 2000s Category:2007 building bombings Category:Attacks on schools in 2007 Category:Attacks in Sistan and Baluchestan province