Jordan condemns Chabahar attack

Wed Dec 15, 2010

Jordanian King Abdullah II has condemned the recent terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar, which killed and injured scores of people.

At least 33 people, including women and children, were killed and almost 83 others were wounded in an attack which occurred at the Imam Hussein mosque in Chabahar on Wednesday.

People were commemorating the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam.

King Abdullah II "sent a cable to [Iran's] President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, condemning the terrorist bombing," AFP quoted an announcement by Jordan's royal palace as saying.

"[King Abdullah II] stressed Jordan's support for the brotherly Iranian people to overcome their terrible ordeal."

President Ahmadinejad invited King Abdullah II to visit Tehran in a letter delivered on Sunday. The Jordanian King welcomed the invitation and called for more relations between Tehran and Amman.

Chabahar Governor Ali Bateni announced earlier on Wednesday that Iran's security and civil forces have arrested one of the perpetrators of the attack.

The terrorist group Jundallah has claimed responsibility for the attack, the Arabic-language al-Arabiya satellite news channel reported earlier on Wednesday.

Jundallah, a Pakistan-based terrorist group, has carried out numerous bombings, assassination attempts, and terrorist attacks in Iran.

Its leader Abdolmalek Rigi was arrested by Iranian intelligence forces in February 2010 and executed in June for 79 counts of crimes, including armed robbery, bombing operations and armed attacks on police and civilians.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/155621.html.