Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardabi demanded to transfer terrorists involved in a blast in the Iranian mosque during a mourning ceremony last week to Tehran.
Ahmadinejad expressed hope for strengthening security cooperation between the two countries, Iranian MEHR news agency reported.
Zardabi, in turn, expressed his condolences to the Iranian President over the attack on the Iranian city of Chabahar. According to him, Pakistan's security forces are ready to cooperate with the Iranian counterparts.
Terrorist operations outside the Imam Hossein Mosque in the southeastern city of Chabahar in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province killed people mourning on the martyrdom anniversary of the third Imam of Shiites. The death toll has hit 38 people, 50 people have been wounded. Another person died in hospital. A Sunni group, Jundallah ("Army of God") took the responsibility for the crime.
Jundallah (Army of God) was created in 2003 and operates operates primarily in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan, which borders Pakistan. Jundallah uses a variety of terrorist tactics, including suicide bombings, ambushes, kidnappings and targeted assassinations. According to Tehran Jundallah connected with the U.S. and UK intelligence services.
The province of Sistan-Baluchestan is mostly populated by Sunnis (followers of the most numerous directions in Islam). The Sunnis are a minority in Shiite Iran.