Iran Arrests 15 More Terrorists in Tehran, Fars Provinces

Rasa - The intelligence ministry forces have arrested over a dozen more terrorists in Fars and Tehran provinces, the provincial intelligence departments announced.

News ID: 430244

Date: 10 June 2017 - 23:12

RNA - The Iranian intelligence and security forces have arrested 15 more terrorsits in connection to Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Tehran.

Ahmad Fazelian, with the Justice Department of Iran’s Alborz Province, said on Saturday that eight terrorists were arrested for having provided backup for the five terrorists who carried out the two terrorist attacks in Tehran on Wednesday.

Fazelian said seven of the individuals arrested had been nabbed in Fardis, in Southern Alborz, and one of them had been apprehended in Karaj, the provincial capital.

In a similar operation in Fars province in Southern Iran, the intelligence forces also arrested seven other terrorists.

"Seven terrorists have been arrested in a surprise operation in Fars province, Southwest of Iran," the Public Relations Department of Fars Intelligence office said Friday.

It said that intelligence officers backed by police force carried out a surprise operation on Thursday night and Friday morning during which seven elements affiliated with Takfiri terrorist groups were arrested in the province.

The terrorists are currently in custody of Fars intelligence office for interrogation, it added.

In a relevant development on Friday, Iran’s intelligence ministry released a communiqué recounting the latest follow-up measures by Iranian security forces after Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Tehran.

The communication said that joint operation by the intelligence ministry, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Iran’s Police during which several safe houses of Wahhabi terrorists were identified and attacked and a huge amount of weapons and bomb precursors, explosive belts, some means of communication and forged documents were found in the dens of the terrorists.

The Wednesday terrorist attacks on Iran’s Parliament and the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini left 17 people dead and 52 others injured. ISIL claimed responsibility for both attacks.

In relevant remarks on Thursday, Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi announced that a number of terrorist cells have been busted over the past two weeks.

"We have crushed several terrorist teams in the past two weeks," Alavi said while visiting a group of victims of the ISIL's terrorist attacks in Tehran on Wednesday.

He reiterated that the terrorist teams comprising two and three members were identified and arrested by the security forces.

"Investigations are underway to identify and arrest the remaining terrorists," Alavi added.

The Iranian intelligence minister also warned official organizations to take precautionary measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents.

"There is no doubt that Saudi Arabia supports terrorist groups round the globe," he said, adding, "You can find their trace in Syria and Iraq and the world has now admitted the ideological position of Saudi Arabia in all terrorist moves.

Alavi said that it is not possible to make any concrete judgment at this juncture and we require more time to be assured of Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the recent attacks in Tehran.

"West and global hegemony is now misusing issues such as human rights, fight against terrorism and weapons of mass destruction to meet their interests and easily trample upon rights of others to attain their heinous goals," the intelligence minister added.

Three unknown male assailants attacked the parliament building in Iranian capital, killing and wounding scores of people in the hallway on Wednesday morning. Also, another group of terrorists raided the holy shrine of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, South of the Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing and wounding tens of people in a bomb attack and a shooting spree.

The Iranian security and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces killed four terrorists and captured one of them, bringing the situation under control after several hours of clashes in the evening.

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