Iran Arrests Daesh-Linked Terrorists on Quds Day


Iran Arrests Daesh-Linked Terrorists on Quds Day

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry on Saturday announced that it has arrested terrorists linked to Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group on Friday on the International Quds Day.

In a statement, the ministry said a number of terrorists linked to the Daesh Takfiri group were arrested before they could carry out any act of terror in the country.

The statement added that terrorists had a plan to hit provinces deep in the country and also religious cities.

The Iranian forces also confiscated 3 Kalashnikov rifles, a bertha machine gun with silencer, a night vision camera, three explosive belts, three cellphones for triggering bombs, a significant amount of ammunition, bomb-making material, explosive fuses and kits, electronic devices and walkie-talkies as well as other technical bomb-making equipment.

Earlier this week, the country's Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alawi announced Iranian intelligence forces have managed to smash 120 terrorist groups across Iran over the past four years.

The minister added that in the operations to arrest the terrorists over the past four years, only one of the intelligence forces of the country has been killed.

The announcement came after terrorists launched simultaneous attacks on Iran’s parliament building in downtown Tehran and on the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini, south of the city, on June 7.

The assailants attacked the parliament buildings in the morning. Equipped with AK-47 assault rifles, handguns, grenades and suicide vests, the gunmen killed security guards and ordinary people before holding people hostage in the upper floors of the building.

They were all killed by the security forces after an operation that took several hours.

In the other attack at the shrine of Imam Khomeini, one suicide bomber blew himself up while the second one was killed in an exchange of gunfire.

The death toll from the terrorist incidents in Tehran grew to 17, while more than 40 others were wounded.

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