Suspected assassins of Iranian prosecutor arrested

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has arrested the suspected assassins of a local judiciary official, a media website affiliated to IRGC reported Monday.

"The members of a terror team, who assassinated the prosecutor of Zabol city, were arrested following a complicated intelligence work," said the report without providing further information.

Mousa Nouri, the prosecutor of Zabol city in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, and his driver were killed Nov 6 while they were on their way to office.

Later, the Iranianunit of the Pakistan-based Sunni rebel group, Jaish al-Adl (The Army of Justice), claimed responsibility for the assassination.

In October, Jaish al-Adl also claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in a mountainous area near Saravan city bordering Pakistan in Sistan and Baluchestan province, in which at least 14 border guards were killed.

Sistan and Baluchestan province, mostly populated by Sunni Muslims, has been the scene of bloody clashes between Sunni rebels and Iranian security forces.