Senior Sunni cleric shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southeast Iran - Iranian state media
State media said the killing was the third of a senior Sunni religious official in three months.
- On Monday, senior Sunni Muslim cleric Molavi Yousef Gorgij was assassinated by unknown gunmen outside his home in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province.
- This killing marks the third assassination of a senior Sunni religious official in three months within the troubled southeastern Iran region.
- Zahedan Mayor Jamshid Rokhshani Nasab and a local governor stated Gorgij "was active in the fight against divisive elements and Zionism," suggesting the cleric was pro-government.
- The London-based Iran International reported that some local outlets attributed the attack to Jaish al-Adl, though no group has claimed responsibility for the killing.
- Iranian authorities frequently link dissident groups to Israel and the United States, often without providing evidence to support these claims.
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Sunni cleric killed in Iran area near Pakistan
TEHRAN: A Sunni cleric in Iran was killed on Monday in front of his home in a region bordering Pakistan that has been plagued by violence, state television reported. The incident took place in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, one of Iran’s poorest regions that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan. “Youssef Gargij, a Sunni cleric... was killed by Zionist mercenaries in front of his house” in the province’s capital Zahedan, Iranian televi…
Molavi Yousef Gorgij was killed outside his home in city of Zahedan, according to IRIB
Third Sunni cleric killed in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan Province: What to know
Iran says it is stepping up its crackdown on armed groups in the impoverished province as Sunni clerics have been reported killed there and in the predominantly Kurdish northwest.
ZAHEDAN - A SUNNI REVOLUTIONARY SCHOLAR AND CULTURAL ACTIVIST FROM THE CITY OF ZAHEDAN, MAULVI YUSUF GERGIĆ WAS ASSASSINATED BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN.
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