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| Title | Chronology for Baluchis in Iran |
| Publisher | Minorities at Risk Project |
| Country | Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Publication Date | 2004 |
| Cite as | Minorities at Risk Project, Chronology for Baluchis in Iran, 2004, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/469f38a4c.html [accessed 1 June 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Chronology for Baluchis in Iran
| Date(s) | Item |
|---|---|
| Pakistani security forces kill 7 people when they raid a hideout of Iranian saboteurs planning attacks on Iran in the area of Sistan-Baluchistan. | |
| Iran executes 2 men for spying for Iraq and collaborating with bandits and counter-revolutionaries in the Sistan-Baluchistan area. Note: Iran executes many of the rebels it catches. Such executions will not be further noted unless otherwise noteworthy. | |
| UPI reports that Iran is facing a low-key rebellion among Baluchi tribesmen in the southeastern territories. The rebels are frequently referred to as drug traffickers, bandits and counter-revolutionaries. Note: Incidents will not be reported in this chronology unless at least one source refers to those perpetrating the incident as rebels or their actions are clearly rebellious. | |
| Iranian security forces clash with armed rebels and drug traffickers in the Sistan-Baluchistan province several times this month. | |
| "Armed bandits" kill a prominent Iranian cleric in Sistan-Baluchistan. | |
| Severe flooding damages crops and property leaving at least 50,000 homeless. In the following months and years a considerable amount of foreign aid is donated to deal with this problem. | |
| Clashes between Baluchi tribesmen and government forces in the Sistan-Baluchistan province result in the deaths of over 100 of Iran's revolutionary guards. | |
| The Independent (July 16, 1991) reports that during 1990 in heavy fighting with Baluch tribesmen, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard lost at least 20 helicopters and "devastated" many Baluchi villages. | |
| Iranian opposition radio reports clashes between Baluchi combatants and Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the city of Khashi. They also report a demonstration in the city of Birjand. | |
| Iranian opposition radio reports clashes between Baluchi "strugglers" and "the regime's agents." | |
| Iranian opposition radio reports continued clashes between Baluchi "strugglers" and Iranian government forces. | |
| Iran claims to have killed 27 Baluchi rebels in a raid on a hideout in Sistan-Baluchistan. | |
| 300 Afghan guerrillas based in Sistan-Baluchistan return to Afghanistan. | |
| Local people protest over Iran's setting up a military base and violently clash with Iranian revolutionary guards in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan. 6 revolutionary guards are killed and the township's mayor is taken hostage. | |
| 3 Iranian Baluchi activists are murdered in Karachi by what are believed to be agents of the Iranian government. | |
| Mohammed Hassan Arbab, a Baluchi activist, is shot dead by gunmen believed to be working for Iranian security forces. | |
| Amnesty International includes Baluchis in a list of groups especially subject to human rights violations in Iran. | |
| Demonstrators in Sistan-Baluchistan attack public buildings and military vehicles in Zahedan, the province's capital, on the 15th anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution. | |
| The Iranian government reinforces security forces in Sistan-Baluchistan due to clashes between police and armed protestors who were denouncing Iran's demolition of a Sunni mosque in the city of Mashad in the province of Khorastan. 21 protestors and 4 security men are killed and at least 30 are wounded. The government claims that the unrest was caused by drug smugglers. | |
| Deutsche Presse Agentur reports that a self-proclaimed Baluch National Council has called for a special status for the Sunni-dominated Sistan-Baluchistan region within the Iranian Shi'i theocracy. | |
| A group of 97 "bandits", including Abdollah Lushari a member of the Baluchi nationalists and 20 of his men, surrender to government forces. | |
| Reformers gain a majority of seats in first round polls. (ABC CLIO) | |
| Conservative parliamentarians in Iran's Islamic consultative Assembly lost more seats in the run off elections held on April 19. (ABC CLIO) | |
| Khatami, a moderate, is elected president with 69% of the vote. Khatami promised in the campaign to reduce censorship and support a diversity of attitudes. (ABC CLIO) | |
| Conservatives dominate election to the council of experts when many of the reformist candidates were disqualified. (ABC CLIO) | |
| Moderates win in first local elections in 20 years. (ABC CLIO) |
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