The Sunni-Shiite conflict ... in Iran

The AP reports that:

A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard.The insurgent group, Jundallah, has repeatedly succeeded in carrying out deadly strikes on the Guard

The Jundallah is not anything new, and nor is the allegation that the US provides support to this group. I wrote about this in the Register Guard back in June 2009.
 
The AP has a footage of one of those rare moments when there was a live camera that recorded how the explosions were felt:

The Baluchs in Iran and Pakistan

Back in June, my column in the Register Guard was about the Sunni and Baloch minority in Iran.  I pointed out there that the Balochs are a minority in both Iran and its neighboring Pakistan, and:

Third, and most important, a group called Jundallah claimed responsibility for this blast. Jundallah, which means “soldiers of Allah,” has gained strength in the post-Sept. 11 years. Jundallah claims to be fighting the Iranian government to secure equal rights for the Sunni and the Baloch people.

Well, I wake up this morning to NPRs news that Jundallah carried out a suicide bombing attack that killed several commanders of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard.  Here is the BBC:

Iranian state television said 31 people died in the attack, in the Pishin region of Sistan-Baluchistan, and more than 25 were injured. ... The deputy commander of the Guards' ground force, General Noor Ali Shooshtari, and the Guards' chief provincial commander, Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh, were among at least six officers killed, state news agency reported.