Iran’s Sunni Baloch Extremists Operating from Bases in Pakistan

THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION

BY ABUBAKAR SIDDIQUE

An Iranian Sunni extremist group operating out of hideouts in southwestern Pakistan, Jaysh al-Adl (JA - Army of Justice), has started to threaten Iran’s security and darken relations between Tehran and Islamabad.

Days after JA abducted five border guards from a remote border post in southeastern Iran on February 6, Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli warned Iran could send forces into Pakistan's Balochistan Province to free the captives: "If Pakistan doesn’t take the needed steps to fight against the terrorist groups, we will send our forces onto Pakistani soil... We will not wait" (Dawn [Karachi], February 18).

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