In the early 2000s the radical Islamist group Jundallah became active in Balochistan . The al Qaeda-linked terrorist organisation has branches in both Iran and Pakistan . From 2003 to 2012 , an estimated 296 people were killed in Jundullah-related violence in Iran . Attacks in Iran included bombings in Zahedan in 2007 , which killed 18 people , and another bombing in 2009 that killed 20 people . In 2009 , 43 people were killed in a bombing in Pishin . In July 2010 , 27 people were killed in bombings in Zahedan . In 2010 , a suicide bombing in Chabahar killed 38 people
suicide bombing in Chabahar
2010 Chabahar suicide bombing
Insurgency in Balochistan