19 Apr 2024
Wednesday 3 August 2016 - 22:49
Story Code : 225619

Iran identifies, arrests 102 Takfiri terrorists: Intelligence Ministry

Irans Intelligence Ministry says it has identified 102 members or supporters of aterroristgroupin the western province of Kordestan.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry said that the identified individuals belong to the so-calledTawhid and Jihad Takfiriterrorist group.

It added that some of the terrorists were also killed and arrested during clashes with police and security forces.

Among those arrested, some were convicted and sentenced to death and life in prison, according to the statement.

The ministry also said that 20 people were killed and 40 others injured as a result of the groups activities during the past seven years.

The statement listed the groups'activities, including the assassination oflocal officials and armed robbery, in the provincial capital city of Sanandaj over the past years.

Mohammad Sheikholeslam, the representative of Kordestan province in Irans Assembly of Experts, and Borhan Ali, a renownedSunni cleric, were among those who havefallen victim to the groups terrorist activities.

Meanwhile, the provincial justice department in the city of Sanandajsaid in a statement that those members of the Takfiri terrorist group who were sentenced to deathwere executed early on Tuesday.

This comes as Iranian forces have recently engaged in clashes with terror groups, thwarting their terrorist activities on the border and within the country, arresting several of them and confiscating large amounts of explosives and bomb-making materials.

On July 7, Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps killed two outlaws affiliated with counter-revolutionary groups in the province of Kordestan.

In the same month, Irans Intelligence Ministry said it had foiled a major Takfiri-Wahhabi plot to carry out bomb attacks in the capital, Tehran, and other provinces and arrested manysuspects.

By Press TV
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