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Returning from Friday Prayer ceremony, Mostafa Jangi Zehi was brutally assassinated on the Chabahar-Sarbaz road in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

Jangi Zehi, a passionate advocate of Shia-Sunni unity, had been repeatedly threatened via several statements by Jundallah terrorists to be killed.

In addition, Abdel Raouf Rigi, ringleader and spokesman for Jundallah, had already authorized his murder by describing it as “holy jihad [Holy war] against the infidels.” 

No group has claimed responsibility for the murder of the cleric. The latest reports said that Suleiman Kohsari, an individual who was the cleric’s companion, was also martyred in the attack, reported FNA.

The Jundallah terrorist group has carried out numerous bombings, assassination attempts, and terrorist attacks against Iranian government officials and civilians, including women and children, in Sistan-Baluchestan province.

The arrested members of the group have all admitted they killed people in order to create sectarian strife in the region.

Jundallah's notorious leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, was arrested by Iranian intelligence forces in February 2010 and executed in June 2010 after being found guilty of 79 criminal charges, including manslaughter, armed robbery, bombing operations, and armed attacks on Iranian police and civilians.

Rigi stated in his confessions that he had dealings with the US government and was promised unlimited funds and resources for “waging an insurgency” in Iran.

Recently leaked US intelligence documents show that the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad recruited Jundallah terrorists to carry out attacks on Iranian targets.