One of the men accused of aiding the key perpetrators of the Shah Cheragh terrorist attack last October, which was claimed by the Daesh Takfiri group, has confessed to participation in the dastardly crime and membership of the group.

His remarks came on Wednesday during the latest session of a court in the southwestern Iranian city of Shiraz that is hearing the high-profile case.

On October 26, 2022, an armed terrorist barged inside the revered holy shrine in Shiraz, killing 15 pilgrims, including women and children, and injuring dozens before he was arrested by security forces.

The terrorist was later pronounced dead at a hospital, succumbing to injuries sustained during the attack that sent shockwaves across the country.

A few suspects were immediately nabbed and some two weeks later the Intelligence Ministry announced the arrest of 26 Takfiri terrorists for involvement in the attack. The statement said the men were nationals of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, and none of them are Iranians.

At the court hearing on Wednesday, the third suspect identified as Naeim Hashem Qetali, an Afghan national, said that he joined Daesh terrorist group when he was still in Afghanistan.

He came to Iran in search of a job but later was asked to host a guest by one of the ringleaders of Daesh in Afghanistan that he identified as Abdullah Saeed.

He confessed to making preparations for supporting the prime attacker in Tehran and pleaded guilty to directly helping the attacker and financially supporting members of the group.

However, he claimed that he had no prior knowledge of the details of the terrorist attack, one of the worst Iran has seen since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

 

By Press TV