Iran’s Intelligence Ministry dismantles Israeli-terror cells
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Numerous terrorist cells affiliated with the Israeli entity have been dismantled across 4 provinces in Iran.
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A medic carries a stretcher at Shah Cheragh shrine after a gunman fired at people in Shiraz, Iran on August 13, 2023. (ISNA via AP)
Several terrorist groups linked to the Israeli entity have been dismantled throughout four regions in Iran, according to Iran's Intelligence Ministry.
In a statement, the ministry reported that the "sabotage cells" were part of a large "Zionist-terrorist" network that carried out various operations in Khuzestan, Mazandaran, Kermanshah, and Sistan and Baluchestan.
The announcement detailed the arrest of 14 terrorists in four provinces by Intelligence Ministry agents, as well as the confiscation of 43 strong ready-to-detonate explosives.
According to the Ministry of Interior, two "fully armed and well-equipped" terrorists were apprehended earlier this month in Khuzestan Province, with 382 varieties of homemade explosives, bomb-making tools, and chemical chemicals, as well as 65 incendiary bombs.
Two more terrorists carried out other false-flag operations in the western province of Kermanshah and supplied footage to the commanders of the terrorist cells headquartered in Denmark and the Netherlands.
The terrorists apprehended by Iran's Intelligence Ministry were allegedly plotting strikes against the country's police and law enforcement.
The Iranian judiciary has issued criminal charges against the three principal terrorists engaged in the recent fatal terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Iran's southern city of Shiraz.
The statement emphasized that the terrorists utilized Telegram, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Twitter as their primary social media platforms and that they had media connections with broadcasters such as Iran International and BBC Persian.
The Ministry explained that the terrorist groups' bases were located in countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark and that ISIS operators were also stationed in Afghanistan, with particular gangs operating from Pakistan.
On August 13, one person was killed and eight people were injured in an armed terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz, south of Iran.
In October 2022, three gunmen, who were reported to have been extremist terrorists of non-Iranian nationality, entered the city of Shiraz by car and opened fire on the visitors and staff in the religious shrine. Similar to today's attack, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack a mere hours after it happened.
In March, an Iranian court sentenced two persons to death over their involvement in the deadly terrorist attack last October.
