One of the key elements behind the recent violent riots in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan has fled the country, according to a report.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution says the criominals behind a senior cleric’s assassination are against prosperity, unity of all Iranian ethnic groups, and must be brought to justice quickly.

Molavi Rigi was the Friday prayers leader of Imam Hussein Mosque in Khash. He had been threatened to be killed.