Security Forces Kill 4 Terrorists in Southern Iran

Rasa - The Iranian security forces in the Southern province of Hormozgan killed 4 terrorists, seizing their weapons and ammunition as well as an ISIL flag.

News ID: 430292

Date: 12 June 2017 - 22:27

RNA - "On Sunday afternoon, the police forces encountered a team consisting of 4 outlaws in the mountains near the town of Roudan and killed all of them after armed clashes," Commander of Hormozgan province's Law Enforcement Police Brigadier General Azizollah Maleki said on Monday.

"After inspections, 4 weapons, 112 bullets, some ammunitions and an ISIL flag were discovered," he added.

Noting that two of the terrorists were foreign nationals, General Maleki said that identity of the two other terrorists is under investigation.

In relevant remarks, Commander of the Law Enforcement Police Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari announced on Saturday that members of a terrorist group were detained by security forces near Tehran after the Wednesday morning terrorist attacks.

"A number of people affiliated to the terrorist groups were detained by the police, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Basij (Volunteer) forces as well as other security bodies after the June 7 terrorist incident," General Ashtari said.

Also, the Iranian intelligence ministry announced on Friday that it has captured 41 members of the ISIL terrorist group following the Wednesday twin terrorist attacks in Tehran.

"Following a series of sophisticated intelligence operations and with the cooperation of the families of some of the terrorists, 41 elements of the ISIL Takfiri group were identified and arrested before conducting any act of terror," the intelligence ministry said.

It added that the terrorists were detained in the Iranian provinces of Kermanshah, Kordestan, West Azarbaijan and Tehran.

"Many documents and equipment for terrorist operations were also seized from the terrorists," the statement added.

Three unknown male assailants fired several rounds at the guards protecting the parliament building in Tehran on Wednesday morning. The assailants opened their way into the parliament's administrative building while shooting at the guards.

A similar attack took place at the holy shrine of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, parallel with the parliament attack.

17 people, including the parliament's guards, were killed and 52 others were wounded in the twin attacks.

The ISIL has claimed responsibility for the twin terrorist attacks.

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