TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the enemies are afraid of unity among Muslims and the power of the Muslim world.

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a message to the families of the victims of Wednesday’s terrorist attack in the southeastern city of Chabahar, which was read out at the funeral ceremony for the victims on Friday.
“People have become aware of the enemies’ objectives and have recognized that the global arrogance (imperialist powers) do not want to see the Islamic ummah live in dignity,” part of the message read.
On Wednesday, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside a mosque in the southeastern city of Chabahar during a Shia religious ceremony, killing 35 people and injuring more than 100 others. Women and children were among the victims.
The terrorist group Jundullah claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying it was retaliation for the execution of the group’s leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, in June.
Iran has arrested nine suspects in connection with the attack.
Enemies are desperate
The message of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which was also read out at the funeral ceremony, said that the attack showed that the enemies of the Islamic Revolution are desperate.
Ahmadinejad also called on the relevant organizations to apprehend the culprits.
A number of other Iranian officials, clerics, and organizations also condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchistan Province.
Iran will deliver a firm response
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani condemned the attack on Wednesday, saying that the United States and Israel will receive a firm response from the Iranian nation.
Such actions are meant to create discord between Sunnis and Shias, he added.
Enemies seek to undermine national cohesion
In his condemnation of the attack, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Friday, “Such blind acts carried out by the enemies are meant to undermine national cohesion and create divisions between Shias and Sunnis.”
He added, “Having surmounted the peaks of progress, particularly in the area of science and technology, Iran, as a center of Islamic awareness, has become a model for the world, and the enemies are angry about these achievements.”
Enemies aim to sow discord among Muslims
Tehran Friday prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Kazem Sediqi said on Friday that foreign intelligence agencies intend to sow sectarian strife among Muslims and impede Iran’s progress.
“They are seeking to undermine ties between the nation and the Islamic establishment by creating insecurity,” Sediqi told worshippers in Tehran.
Jundullah is really Jundushaitan
On Wednesday, MP Kazem Jalali said the terrorist group Jundullah, which means “soldiers of God” in Arabic, is really Jundushaitan (soldiers of Satan).
And the group is being supported by the major powers and the Zionist regime, he added.
Sunnis and Shias condemn Chabahar terrorist attack
Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi also condemned the incident on Friday and called on the relevant officials to arrest the culprits behind the crime.
Qom Friday prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Hashem Hosseini Bushehri and Zahedan Sunni Friday prayers leader Molavi Abdolhamid Esmaeil Zehi also denounced the attack.
In addition, the Iranian embassies in Qatar, and Russia, the Society of Sunni Clerics of Sistan-Baluchistan Province, and the Office of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization of Sistan-Baluchistan Province issued separate statements condemning the deadly attack.
U.S. President Barack Obama, King Abdullah of Jordan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton have also condemned the brutal attack.
9 suspects arrested
Nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the suicide bomb attack in Chabahar, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced on Friday.
Political analysts say such attacks are carried out to promote sectarian strife between Shias and Sunnis in the southeastern province. Both Shias and Sunnis were martyred in the attack.
In a televised confession in February 2010, Jundullah leader Abdolmalek Rigi confessed that the U.S. administration had pledged to provide his group unlimited military assistance and funding for waging an insurgency against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Rigi said that at a Dubai meeting with CIA agents, he was promised unlimited support, including a military base near the Iranian border equipped with weapons and training facilities.
Talking to reporters in Chabahar, Najjar said that given the method of the terrorist operation and the equipment used, it seems that foreign intelligence services, including the Mossad, were behind the attack.
Investigations are underway to identify the culprits behind the deadly attack, he added.
Earlier, the Intelligence Ministry announced that two terrorists, who were planning to detonate bombs in the southern and eastern parts of the country, were identified, and that one of them was killed in a clash with Intelligence Ministry personnel, while the other was arrested as he tried to flee from the country.
An Intelligence Ministry official said, “In a special intelligence operation, Intelligence Ministry personnel succeeded in arresting eight other terrorists behind and related to this crime in the cities of Chabahar, Nikshahr, and Konarak, in Sistan-Baluchistan Province, this morning (Thursday).”
The official added, “Such moves are guided by the hegemonistic powers’ intelligence agencies with the aim of creating insecurity and preventing the country’s southeastern region from prospering economically.”