Iran hangs Sunni militant leader Abdolmalek Rigi

The leader of a Sunni militant group has been executed in Iran for his involvement in "terrorist" attacks in the Islamic state, state media report. Abdolmalek Rigi, head of Jundullah, was hanged at dawn at Tehran's Evin prison in the presence of the families of its victims, the Irna news agency said.

Iran's government says Jundullah receives support from the US, UK and Pakistan, an allegation which all three countries have denied.

Mr Rigi's younger brother, Abdolhamid, was captured in Pakistan in 2008 and extradited to Iran. State media reported that he was executed last month in Zahedan after being convicted of terrorism. - Iran hangs Sunni militant leader

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