Rigi Reveals US, Israeli Plots to Assassinate Iranian Officials
News number: 890229137317:52 | 2010-05-19Politics
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TEHRAN (FNA)- The arrested ringleader of the Jundollah terrorist group,
Abdolmalek Rigi, said in his recent confessions that the US and Israel had
allocated a huge budget to provide the terrorist gang with the financial
support needed for the assassination of a number of Iranian officials in
Tehran.

Rigi said that while in Morocco, suspected Israeli or US agents had given
him a list of people to assassinate in Tehran.

In a recent interview, Rigi told press tv that before his arrest Jundallah
had held a series of meetings in Casablanca with a group who had claimed to
be NATO contacts.

"When we looked back at all the things that had happened, we felt that two
things were unclear. First, if they are from NATO why did they not meet with
us in Afghanistan where they have bases and where they can contact us in a
much more easy and secure manner," said Rigi.

"The second issue was that the first time they informed us that NATO forces
wanted to meet with us we thought they were going to speak about eastern
parts of Iran, because NATO forces are stationed in Afghanistan," he added.

"But they insisted that we should transfer our operations from the eastern
border region to the capital. We thought that this was very strange. When we
thought about it, we came to the conclusion that they are either Americans
acting under NATO cover or Israelis," he further explained.

According to Rigi, the Israeli or US agents said they would provide him with
a list of names, addresses, and photos of people who they had to assassinate
in Tehran as well as any other equipment and explosives they may need to
carry out their operations.

He further pointed out that they had promised him very high sums for the
overall project as well as specific amounts for each assassination.

Iran announced in late February that it had arrested Abdolmalek Rigi as he
was traveling to Bishkek to meet a high-ranking US official at a nearby
military base.

In his earlier confessions, Rigi had also stated that they were going to
discuss new terrorist attacks on Iranian territory.

"After Obama was elected, the Americans contacted us and they met me in
Pakistan. They met us after (Iranian forces') clashes with my group around
March 17 in (the southeastern city of) Zahedan and he (the US operative)
said that Americans had requested a meeting," he said.

"They (Americans) said they would cooperate with us and will give me
military equipment, arms and machine guns," Rigi stated, adding, "They also
promised to give us a base along the border with Afghanistan next to Iran."

The Jundollah's ringleader then revealed the US plot for supporting all the
anti-Iran terrorist groups, saying, "One of the CIA officers said that it
was too difficult for us to attack Iran militarily, but we plan to give aid
and support to all anti-Iran groups that have the capability to wage war and
create difficulty for Iran's (Islamic) system."

Jundollah is responsible for several other terrorist operations which killed
tens of citizens and security forces. In 2007, Jundollah kidnapped 30 people
in Sistan and Balouchestan province. They were freed during a Pakistani
police operation after abductors took them to the country.

Jundollah claimed responsibility the same year for an attack on an Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) bus in which 11 IRGC personnel were killed.

In its latest crime in October, the Pakistan-based terrorist group, closely
affiliated with the notorious al-Qaeda organization, claimed responsibility
for a deadly attack in the southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan province
which killed 42 people among them a group of senior military commanders,
including Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
ground force Brigadier General Nourali Shoushtari.