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Iran arrests 27 IS suspects said to be plotting attacks
2017-08-08
[IsraelTimes] Iranian intelligence ministry says 10 of terror group’s operatives were tossed in the clink
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
outside of country, with foreign assistance


Iran has arrested 27 people plotting attacks for the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
terror group, including 10 who were detained in a regional country with outside assistance, the country’s intelligence ministry said on Monday.

"Intelligence agents succeeded in identifying and arresting a terrorist group linked to ISIS, who intended to conduct terrorist attacks in central provinces and religious cities," a ministry statement said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.

Ten of the suspects were arrested outside of Iran "through intelligence-sharing with one of the intelligence services in the region," the statement said, without naming the country or giving further details.

Weapons and ammunition were recovered during the arrests, and the suspects were reportedly trying to smuggle them into Iran inside home appliances.

Tehran suffered a rare and deadly twin attack on June 7, claimed by IS, when gunnies and jacket wallahs attacked the parliament complex and the mausoleum of revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, killing 17 people.

Iranian security officials have since arrested dozens of suspects linked to the attack, and claim to have killed its chief planner.

On June 19, Iran also fired missiles into northeastern Syria in retaliation, targeting an IS command base in Deir Ezzor province.
Ynet adds:
The ministry added five of them had planned to carry out terror attacks inside Iran and the others were their supporters.
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