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Baloch Insurgency and Challenges to the Islamic Republic of Iran Baloch Insurgency and Challenges to the Islamic Republic of Iran AHMAD REZA TAHERI Number 4, April 2012 Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict fostering ideas, research and dialogue… SSPC ISSUE BRIEF About the Author AHMAD REZA TAHERI Ahmad Reza Taheri is presently working as Assistant Professor at the Vellayat University in Iran. He also holds the position of the Director General at the Daneshyaran of Humanities Co., a research & educational company in Iran. He teaches political science and international security, at various univer- sities in the Iranian Balochestan. He may be contacted at [email protected] © 2012 Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict, New Delhi. 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Designed by: Excel Solutions (www.excelsolutions.biz) Baloch Insurgency and Challenges to the Islamic Republic of Iran AHMAD REZA TAHERI The present paper deals with several issues. In A profile of Baloch insurgency the first section, a short introduction of Baloch Since 1928, the year when modern government insurgency shall be presented. The second one established in Balochestan, two highly orga- deals briefly with the goals of insurgency. The nized political movements have emerged in the third part describes the measures taken by the country. The first was developed before the Is- Islamic Republic against the Baloch insurgency. lamic Republic. It was called the Balochestan And, in the fourth section, the focus will be Liberation Front (1964-1979) which rose shifted on the Baloch insurgency's response to against the central government of Mohammad the central government's measures. The fifth Reza Shah Pahlavi.1 The second one which is section gives an analysis of the roots and causes the theme of the paper emerged under the Is- of Baloch insurgency. And, the sixth section lamic Republic of Iran. Although there have which is the concluding part deals with a num- been a number of major Baloch insurgencies ber of suggestions to challenge the problem. since the 1979 revo- A well organized lution in Iran, most ethno-religious insur- Introduction of them have been gency, carrying politi- Balochestan, officially known as the province non-political in na- cal motives has ap- of Sistan and Balochestan, is one of the thirty ture. For example, peared for the first provinces of Iran. It is in the southeast of the throughout the years time in 2004 in the country, bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan. notorious Baloch history of the Islamic The province is the largest in Iran; it consists smugglers have been state, to challenge the of over 11 per cent of the total area of the fighting against the authority of the gov- country with an area of 181,785 km. The prov- forces of the Islamic ernment in ince comprises two sections, Sistan in the north Republic in Balochestan. and Balochestan in the south. In the south, east Balochestan. How- and west of Sistan and Balochestan, the in- ever, a well organized ethno-religious insur- habitants are mostly Baloch and speak Balochi. gency, carrying political motives has appeared Balochestan today is the most underdeveloped for the first time in 2004 in the history of the and poorest of Iran's regions, though govern- Islamic state, to challenge the authority of the ment of the Islamic Republic has been trying government in Balochestan. to reverse this situation by implementing new plans, such as the creation of the Chabahar free Goals of Baloch insurgency trade zone. Balochestan is mainly home to the In 2004, a rebellious Baloch group called Baloch Sunnis of Iran; they make up about 3 Jundollah emerged and made its appearance in to 4 million of the population. The society is Balochestan of Iran. Jundallah is an insurgent known to be a Mullah dominated region. Mod- Sunni Islamic organization based in the entire ern politics, in fact, in this part of the country Balochestan irrespective of its political bound- is a recent phenomenon; it is barely half a cen- aries; its members are spread in the Baloch tury old. populated regions of Afghanistan, in Iranian Balochestan, and in the Pakistani Balochestan. The group claims to be fighting for the rights SSPC ISSUE BRIEF of the Sunni Muslim in Iran. It is believed to tively non-violent methods. The intention per- have hundreds of professional fighters and haps was to win over the Baloch masses by sta- claims to have killed more than 500 Iranian bilizing the Jundollah's popular bases in soldiers.2 The group has been identified as a Balochestan. However, the attempt failed, terrorist organization by the Islamic Republic. Jundollah cannot be regarded as a non-violent Iranian authorities believe that it is linked to organization. In a number of his interviews with the Al-Qaeda. But, Jundollah adamantly denies the media, such as the Voice of America, Rigi any connections to the Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. (the former leader of the organization) con- Yet, a number of independent sources have stantly had asked the Baloch and other Irani- substantiated the American support to ans to join his organization against the Islamic Jundollah. The group was allegedly headed by Republic; saying that he would resist and would Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (originally a Baloch) try his best to overthrow the government. the Al-Qaeda's operational commander of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, who Immediately after each attack against the forces was arrested in Pakistan in 2003. Abdol Malek of the Islamic Republic, the leaders of the or- Rigi, the leader of the organization was also ganization give a brief about the attacks in their arrested and reportedly executed in Tehran in interviews with the Iranian and international 2010. media. In one of his interviews, Rigi had claimed that "he has formed a people move- Jundollah was renamed as the 'People's Resis- ment and that he does not attack the civilians; tance Movement of Iran soon after its estab- rather his targets are the Iranian security and lishment. After this nominal change, for a while, intelligence personnel and also whoever coop- member insurgents adopted a relatively non- erates with the security agencies, including the violent approach. For instance, earlier they used Baloch." In his interviews, Rigi had also to follow the Taliban tactics. In this regard, in claimed that his organization "does not have 2006, a CD was distributed by Jundollah in any foreign support; rather it is the Baloch who which a member of the group beheads a man. finance him." However, the Iranian government The scene of the beheading had a very bad rejects this and holds that Jundollah belongs to impression in the country, causing a strong feel- the US. Iran accuses the United States of back- ing of dislike and disapproval of the act. Also, ing Jundollah, possibly from the Pakistani terri- earlier, Jundollah's focus was on Iranian Baloch tory with Islamabad's support, though Pakistani rights only. But, after the adoption of the new officials strongly deny this. Some Baloch elites, name 'People Resistance Movement of Iran,' like a number of leading Sunni clerics, hold a Jundollah relatively changed its methods. For different view, believing that the emergence of example, it stopped the beheading practice and groups like Jundollah is the result of the unde- the focus shifted towards Iranian rights as a sirable policies in Balochestan. In cases, ac- whole including those of both the Shias and cording to them, government forces had the Sunnis. Behind this development that soft- stopped and shot innocent Baloch without any ened the behaviour of Jundollah lies a reason. legal instruction. As a matter of fact, such in- The group gradually began to establish some cidents in Balochestan can be responsible for connections with the Iranian exiles in Europe the emergence of insurgency.3 and America. There is a strong possibility that the opposition based in London have caused Jundollah to soften its approach by applying rela- www.sspconline.org 4 SSPC ISSUE BRIEF Measures taken by the Islamic Re- a large number of Baloch gathered to denounce public against Baloch Insurgency the state's bombardment of some villages in As a result of Jundollah's calculated attacks on Balochestan.5 In addition, Jundollah reacted Iranian security forces in Balochestan, the Is- more violently by adopting new methods such lamic Republic has taken some severe measures as suicide bombings. In fact, suicide attacks against Jundollah or whoever holds any associa- have not been common in Iran; it is since 2009 tion with the organization. In this respect, gov- that Baloch insurgents have been using this ernment has launched a series of campaigns method in Balochestan.
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