Iranian of the Day

Wall Street Journal: The State Department and the Office of Foreign Asset Control each designated Jundallah, a Sunni group operating primarily in Sistan and Balochistan Province along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, as a foreign terrorist group. Founded in 2003, Jundallah, which goes by several aliases including the “People’s Resistance Movement of Iran,” says it represents the 1.5 million Baluchis living as Sunnis in the predominately Shi’ite country. It has claimed responsibility for several attacks in Iran, including the July bombing of the Grand Mosque in Zahedan that killed nearly 30 people and injured 270. “The administration condemned the Grand Mosque attack in the strongest possible terms and stated that the United States extends its sympathy to the families and loved ones of those injured and killed,” a State Department spokesman said in a statement >>>