Iran arrests 7 ‘rebels’

Published May 5, 2006

TEHRAN, May 4: Iranian armed forces have arrested four Sunni rebels near the country’s borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan and three Kurdish rebels close to the frontier with Iraq, a government newspaper said on Thursday.

The rebels from Sistan-o-Balochistan were identified as members of Jundallah.

The newspaper said a ‘large weapons cache’ was found.

On Iran’s western borders, security forces reportedly detained three Kurdish rebels from the Pejak group.

The paper said the arrests took place between the Baneh and Saghez towns.—AFP

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