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Iran: Arrested Sunni Militant Leader Had Help From US
23 February 2010
Iranian officials say the head of a Sunni militant group was arrested outside the country, and that he had links to the United States.
Iranian state media report security forces detained Abdolmalek Rigi Tuesday on a flight from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan.
Rigi is the leader of the militant group Jundallah, which has been blamed for a number of deadly attacks in Iran.
Iran's intelligence minister Heydar Moslehi is quoted by state television as saying Rigi was at a U.S. military base 24 hours before his capture and that Americans had issued him an Afghan passport.
Iran has accused the United States of funding Jundallah in an effort to destabilize the Iranian government. Washington denies the charge.
Iran, which says the group is based in Pakistan, asked that country to hand over Rigi after Jundallah claimed responsibility for a bombing in Iran in October.
Fifty-seven people were killed in that attack in Sistan-Baluchestan province, including members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.