Death toll in Iran attack reaches 27

The number of people killed in a terrorist attack in Iran's Zakhidan has reached 27, Iranian Minister of Healthcare Marziya Dastjerdi said, Trend reports, citing MEHR.

She added that 270 people were injured in the explosion, 11 of them were gravely injured. The head of the Sistan and Beludjistan provinces, Ali Muhammed Azad, reported that 22 people were killed and 160 wounded.

Two suicide bombers activated explosive devices in Zakhidan, in front of the Jami mosque on Thursday evening. According to the Dubai TV channel Al-Arabia, a terrorist group called Jondollah (Warriors of Allah) took responsibility for the terrorist attack as revenge for the execution of their leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, in June, who was arrested by Iranian special forces on February 23rd. The attack was carried out by his relatives, Abdolbaset Rigi and Muhammed Rigi, the group said.

Jondollah is a militant group of Beludj Sunnis (most of Iranians are Shiites) created in 2003 and operating in Iran and Pakistan“s Beludjistan. The organization is accused of murders, armed assaults, kidnappings, explosions and sabotage. Tehran believes that the organization has links with the special forces of the USA and UK. Its last terrorist attack took place in the south-east of Iran in October 2009, killing 50 people.