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Tehran, KOMPAS.com - Iran executes Abdolhamid Rigi, brother of the leader of terrorist group Jundullah, Abdolmalek Rigi on the Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Province.

According to the Public Relations Department Office of the Attorney General of Zahedan, Abdolhamid Rigi was executed Monday (24 / 5) morning. He was convicted of committing acts of terrorism, including armed robbery, kidnapping, armed struggle against the police in several cities in Iran, and the smuggling of heavy weapons and become mohareb, which means the enemy of God, a crime punishable by death in Iran.

Abdolhamid Rigi, a member of Jundullah terrorist group, was captured in Pakistan in 2008 and extradited to Iran. Zahedan prison inmates were hanged on Monday after the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence against him.