Saudi-Backed Salafists Returning To Iran’s Border?
The sectarian war in Syria comes to the Iran-Pakistan border.
The Iranian government and the Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps in particular are paying a price with the lives of Iranian soldiers inside Iranian territory for their support of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
This seems to be the gist of the statement from Jaish al-Adl (the army of justice) that was issued after it claimed responsibility for the deadly Sept. 26 attack in the town of Saravan in Iran. The attack left 14 Iranian border guards dead. Five others were wounded.
In response, the Iranian government executed 16 “rebels” in the Sistan and Baluchistan province, where the attack took place. The move was condemned by the Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, who said, “The execution of people who were clearly not responsible for the attack on the border officials within 12 hours of the attack makes the move an act of revenge and contrary to fair legal procedures.”
The strong knee-jerk reaction from the regime judiciary apparatus is a clear sign of concern.
