Iran, Tehran, Feb. 9/ Trend , A. Namdari/
Two men were arrested for cooperating with the Jundallah terrorist organization in Chabakhar.
Iranian security forces arrested Chabakhar residents Muhammad Zekhi and Malik Muhammad Aramesh.
Their friends and relatives have seen them once since their arrest.
The security forces seized ammunition and explosives from their homes.
Zekhi and Aramesh allegedly planned to bomb Shiite mosques in Chabakhar and Iranshehr.
Jundallah is an insurgent Sunni Islamic organization based in Balochistan . It aims to fight the Iranian authorities. Abdul Abdolmalek Rigi heads the organization.
Rigi is from a tribe of the same name in Balochistan.
Jundallah members took 16 policemen and three Sepah members hostage in the Sarvan province in June 2008.
Under Rigi's leadership, Jundallah has committed several acts of terrorism. The organization has killed travelers in Tasukizabul, exploded a bus with Sepah members and bombed Sistan and Balochistan.
Jundallah demands that the Iranian government release 200 of its members.
Tehran rejects their demands.
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