Jaysh al-Adl

Jaysh al-Adl (Balochi: جيش‌ العدل, lit. 'Army of Justice') was a Sunni Islamist-jihadist Baloch militant organization that conducted its operations in the Sistan and Baluchestan province in Southeastern Iran alongside the Iran–Pakistan border. In December 2025, Jaysh al-Adl and other Baloch nationalist organizations announced merging into a single united organization, the People's Fighters Front (PFF).

The Foreign Ministers of China, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia have said that the group was based in Afghanistan. Jaysh al-Adl's ideology included Deobandi jihadism. The group had claimed responsibility for several attacks against military personnel in Iran. The group had asserted that it was a separatist group fighting for independence of Sistan and Baluchistan and greater rights for the Baloch people. The group also maintains ties with Ansar al-Furqan, which was another Iranian Baloch armed group operating in Iran. Salahuddin Farooqui was the head of Jaysh al-Adl until his death in a joint Pakistani-Iranian operation in 2024. His brother, Amir Naroui, was killed by the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan. Jaysh al-Adl had strongly denounced Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war.

The group was founded in 2012 by members of Jundallah, a Sunni militant group that had been weakened following Iran's capture and execution of its leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, in 2010. Its first major attack took place in October 2013. Jaiyh al-Adl was a designated terrorist organization by Iran, China, Pakistan, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States.

In the wake of the Twelve-Day War, Jaysh al-Adl reportedly called on the people of Balochistan to join the group. Iranian state media had alleged that Saudi Arabia and the United States were key backers of the group.