NDTV Explains: What's Jaish Al-Adl, Target Of Iran's Attack In Pakistan

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from NDTV

The name of terrorist group Jaish al-Adl started doing the rounds this morning after Pakistan accused Iran of carrying out an airstrike in its territory, killing two children.

While Tehran has not made any official comment so far, Iran's state-run Nour News agency said the attack had destroyed the Pakistan headquarters of "jihadist group" Jaish al-Adl, news agency AFP reported.

What Is Jaish al-Adl

Jaish al-Adl is a Sunni Salafi organisation that operates mainly in south-eastern Iran bordering Pakistan. Jaish al-Adl, meaning "Army of Justice", was formed in 2012. It hit headlines in 2013 after it claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 14 Iranian guards. According to reports, the terrorist group had then said that the attack was an answer to the "violent crimes" of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops in Syria and "the oppression and crimes the regime has committed against the oppressed Sunnis of Iran". The group claims to be fighting for the independence of Sistan and Baluchistan province and more rights for Baluch people in Iran. It is currently led by Salahuddin Farooqui.

According to reports, Jaish al-Adl was founded by members of Jundallah. A Sunni terrorist group, Jundallah had faced a massive setback in 2010 after Iran captured and executed its leader Abdolmalek Rigi.

Jaish ul-Adliran

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from Wikipedia

Jaish ul-Adl, or Jaish al-Adl^[11] (Arabic: جيش‌ العدل, lit. 'Army of Justice'; Balochi: جئیش الئدل), is a Sunni militant and Baluchi separatist organization that operates mainly in southeastern Iran, where there is a substantial concentration of Sunni Baluchis and a porous border with Pakistan.^[4][5][12]

The group has claimed responsibility for several attacks against military personnel in Iran.^[9] The group has asserted that it is a separatist group fighting for independence of Sistan and Baluchistan Province and greater rights for Baluch people.^[13][14][6] The group also maintain ties with Ansar Al-Furqan which is another Iranian Baloch Sunni armed group operating in Iran.^[15] Salahuddin Farooqui is the current head of Jaish ul-Adl. His brother, Amir Naroui, was killed by Taliban in Afghanistan.^[2]

The group was founded in 2012 by members of Jundallah, a Sunni militant group that had been weakened following Iran's capture and execution of its leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, in 2010. Its first major attack occurred in October 2013.^[16][12] Jaish ul-Adl is a designated terrorist organization by Iran,^[9] Japan,^[10] New Zealand^[17] and the United States.^[4]

Jaish al-Adl has cooperated with Kurdish separatist groups in Iran and has also strongly denounced Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war. Iranian state media has alleged that Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United States (and Israel) are key backers of the group.^[8]

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Iran condemns Pakistan’s border attack, summons Pakistani chargé d'affaires

from Press TV

Iran has condemned Pakistan’s attack on the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan and summoned the Pakistani chargé d'affaires in protest against the incident.

The Pakistani diplomat was summoned to the ministry on Thursday in the absence of the country's ambassador to Tehran for an explanation regarding several explosions in different areas around the city of Saravan in Sistan and Baluchestan province, close to the border with Pakistan earlier in the day.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani later condemned the attack and confirmed that the Pakistani chargé d'affaires had been summoned by the ministry to convey Tehran’s protest to Islamabad and provide an explanation about the attack...

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Explainer: What is ‘Jaish al-Adl’ and what makes it a dreaded terrorist group?

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from Press TV

The headquarters of the Pakistan-based terrorist group, ‘Jaish al-Adl’, was pounded by a barrage of missiles late on Tuesday, which destroyed the group’s terror infrastructure.

The long-anticipated military operation against the dreaded terrorist group based in the border region of Pakistan – southwestern Pakistan’s Balochistan province – has generated intense debate on social media about the terrorist group, its activities and origins.

We try to explain the past and present of the ‘Jaish al-Adl’ terrorist group, which has been involved in numerous terror attacks on the soil of Iran, including most recently in December when 11 policemen were killed in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province.

What is Jaish e Adl and who are its leaders?