Country Reports on Terrorism 2012

JUNDALLAH
aka People’s Resistance Movement of Iran (PMRI); Jonbesh-i Moqavemat-i-Mardom-i Iran;
Popular Resistance Movement of Iran; Soldiers of God; Fedayeen-e-Islam; Former Jundallah of
Iran; Jundullah; Jondullah; Jundollah; Jondollah; Jondallah; Army of God (God’s Army); Baloch
Peoples Resistance Movement (BPRM)
Description: Jundallah was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on November 4,
2010. Since its inception in 2003, Jundallah, which operates primarily in the province of Sistan
va Balochistan of Iran, has engaged in numerous attacks, killing and maiming scores of Iranian
civilians and government officials. Jundallah’s stated goals are to secure recognition of Balochi
cultural, economic, and political rights from the Government of Iran, and to spread awareness of
the plight of the Baloch situation through violent and nonviolent means.
Activities: In March 2006, Jundallah attacked a motorcade in eastern Iran, which included the
deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent Security Department, who was then taken hostage. The
Governor of Zahedan, his deputy, and five other officials were wounded; seven others were
kidnapped; and more than 20 were killed in the attack. An October 2009 suicide bomb attack in a
marketplace in the city of Pishin in the Sistan va Balochistan province, which killed more than
40 people, was reportedly the deadliest terrorist attack in Iran since the 1980s. In a statement on
its website, Jundallah claimed responsibility for the December 15, 2010 suicide bomb attack
inside the Iman Hussein Mosque in Chabahar, which killed an estimated 35 to 40 civilians and
wounded 60 to 100. In July 2010, Jundallah attacked the Grand Mosque in Zahedan, killing
approximately 30 and injuring an estimated 300.
Strength: <strong>Reports</strong> of Jundallah membership vary from 500 to 2,000.
Location/Area of Operation: Throughout Sistan va Balochistan province in southeastern Iran
and the greater Balochistan area of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Funding and External Aid: Unknown
KAHANE CHAI
aka American Friends of the United Yeshiva; American Friends of Yeshivat Rav Meir;
Committee for the Safety of the Roads; Dikuy Bogdim; DOV; Forefront of the Idea; Friends of
the Jewish Idea Yeshiva; Jewish Legion; Judea Police; Judean Congress; Kach; Kahane; Kahane
Lives; Kahane Tzadak; Kahane.org; Kahanetzadak.com; Kfar Tapuah Fund; Koach; Meir’s
Youth; New Kach Movement; Newkach.org; No’ar Meir; Repression of Traitors; State of Judea;
Sword of David; The Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD); The Hatikva
Jewish Identity Center; The International Kahane Movement; The Jewish Idea Yeshiva; The
Judean Legion; The Judean Voice; The Qomemiyut Movement; The Rabbi Meir David Kahane
Memorial Fund; The Voice of Judea; The Way of the Torah; The Yeshiva of the Jewish Idea;
Yeshivat Harav Meir
Description: Kach – the precursor to Kahane Chai – was founded by radical Israeli-American
Rabbi Meir Kahane, with the goal of restoring Greater Israel, which is generally used to refer to
Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Its offshoot, Kahane Chai (translation: “Kahane Lives”), was
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