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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Update at link: Iran hangs 16 rebels 'in reprisal for border deaths'

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2013, 06:16 AM

Oct 2013

Sixteen rebels have been hanged in Iran in retaliation for the deaths of at least 14 border guards in an ambush, say Iranian news agencies.

The rebels were "linked to groups hostile to the regime", the attorney general of Sistan-Baluchistan province was quoted as saying.

They were hanged in prison in Zahedan, north-east of Saravan, where the border deaths took place overnight.
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One report suggests they may already have been tried and convicted, but their executions brought forward following the ambush.

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Iran guards 'killed in clash' on Pakistan border [View all] Bosonic Oct 2013 OP

Heavy casualties for "bandits or rebels." 1000words Oct 2013 #1

People have been know to help them from time to time. bemildred Oct 2013 #5

a sunni shiite conflict ? JI7 Oct 2013 #2

That area is home to a long-standing separatist movement on both sides of that border. bemildred Oct 2013 #3

IIRC, currently we're in the 3rd wave of this kind of thing. Igel Oct 2013 #6

Update at link: Iran hangs 16 rebels 'in reprisal for border deaths' muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #4