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Abdul Malik Rigi

Abdolmajid Rigi (Abdulmalik Rigi)
Abdolmalek Rigi in Islamic Revolutionary Court.jpg
Rigi on trial in Islamic Revolutionary Court, 18 June 2010
Nickname(s) Abdolmalek
Born c. 1979
Sistan & Balochistan, Iran
Died 20 June 2010
Evin Prison, Tehran
Buried at Khavaran cemetery, Tehran
Allegiance Jundallah (Soldier of God)
Years of service 1998–2010
Rank Commander-in-chief
Battles/wars 2005 Attack on Iranian President
2007 Tasooki Attack
2007 Zahedan bombing
Chah Bahar kidnappings
Saravan bombing
Saravan ambush
2009 Pishin bombing
Relations Muhammad Dhahir Baluch

Abdolmalek Rigi (About this sound pronunciation  ahb-dəl-mah-LEHK REE-ghee; also spelt Abdul-Malek Rigi or Abdulmalik Rigi) (Balochi: عبدالمالک ریگی‎‎) (c. 1979 – 20 June 2010) was the leader of Jundallah, a Islamist Sunni terrorist group based in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of southeast Iran, until his capture and execution in 2010 by the Iranian government.

Born in 1979, Abdolmalek Rigi is from the Regi tribe who are ethnic Baloch. Prior to founding Jundallah, while a teenager, Rigi was convicted of assault with a knife, for which he served time in prison.

Although lacking any formal secular education, Rigi had been educated at Karachi's Binnori Town seminary, a Sunni Madrasah which was school to many of the Taliban leaders.


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