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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian security forces have arrested four members of the terrorist Jundollah group along Iran's borders in the Southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan province, a senior provincial judiciary official announced on Tuesday.

"Four terrorists, who wanted to infiltrate into Iran, were arrested at Sistan and Balouchestan borders," General Director of Sistan and Balouchestan's provincial Justice Department Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Hamidi told reporters in the provincial capital city of Zahedan today.

He noted that the inmates are affiliated to the Jundollah terrorist group, adding that the terrorists have already been handed over to the judiciary authorities.

The US-backed Jundollah is the main terrorist cell operating in Southeastern Iran. Tehran has arrested a majority of its members and executed its number one and number two men.

Jundollah is a Pakistan-based terrorist group which has carried out numerous bombings, assassinations, and terrorist attacks in Iran.

Abdolmalek Rigi was the ringleader of the terrorist Jundollah group who was executed last June after judicial authorities approved the (initial) court ruling on his case.

Rigi was charged with militancy against the Islamic Republic, corruption and 79 cases of criminal acts and was sente... >>>