A number of family members of people martyred by the Jundullah terrorist group attended the execution.
The execution was carried out on the orders of the Islamic Revolution Court. He was convicted of being a mohareba (enemy of God).
He was also found guilty of murder, terrorist activities, armed robbery, assassination attempts, kidnapping, armed attacks on the army, the police, and ordinary people, seeking financial assistance and intelligence information from foreigners, and other serious crimes, the court statement said.
Abdolmalek Rigi had been charged with 79 offences.
The Iranian security forces detained Abdolmalek Rigi on February 23 on board a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Kyrgyzstan. The plane landed at Bandar Abbas Airport, where Rigi and his aide were arrested.
The terrorist leader met family members of people killed by his notorious group on Saturday. He answered questions raised by the families and asked them to forgive him.
In one of their deadly attacks, on October 18, 2009, the Jundullah group killed 42 people, including five senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
They also bombed a mosque in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan Province, in May 2009, killing over 21 people and injuring 200 others.
The group used Pakistan’s territory for its operations in the border province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
On May 24, Abdolhamid Rigi, the brother of Abdolmalek Rigi and the number two man in the Jundullah group, was executed at a prison in Zahedan.
While in custody, Abdolmalek Rigi confessed that his group received financial and logistical support from the U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan.
The court statement said Rigi’s crimes also included ties to agents of the intelligence services of the U.S. and the Zionist regime.
The court stated that the shadowy group also had ties with the intelligence services of some Arab states and the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization.
“He collaborated in and ordered 15 armed abductions, confessed to three murders, and ordered the murders of dozens of citizens, police, and military personnel through bombings and armed actions,” the court added.
A senior Sunni cleric who represents the Sistan-Baluchestan Province in the Assembly of Experts said the people of the province were “very happy” about the execution of Rigi.
“The execution of Abdolmalek Rigi is the result of his shameful acts, and other criminals should be aware that if they continue with their outrageous acts against Islam in the country, they will meet the same fate as this criminal,” IRNA quoted Nazir Ahmed Salami as saying.
“The hanging showed Iran will not allow its territory to be used by criminals… With the execution of Abdolmalek, the disgraceful stigma of our tribe was eliminated,” Bashir Ahmad Rigi, the chief of Rigi’s tribe, was quoted by IRNA as saying.
Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani also said he was renewing his resolve to fight terrorists and their allies.
The Judiciary chief said the terrorists should know that the law will be enforced in dealing with their cases, even if they enjoy the support of Western countries.
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