IRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR

Ahmad Sariz was executed in public, in the Iranian city of Zahedan, near the Pakistani and Afghan borders, the daily Kayhan reported. The paper said Sariz was a member of Jundollah (God's soldiers), a group Iran has said has links to Al Qaeda. One Iranian official told Reuters Sariz had been arrested before the Zahedan bus bombing. The daily reported Sariz was involved in a number of "terrorist operations" such as attacking a police station and killing its commander as well as kidnapping Turkish and Iranian citizens. The report did not give details about Sariz's trial.