Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 25
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran’s central province of Semnan was a target of a foiled terrorist attack by the “Islamic State” (IS) terrorist group, Mohammad Reza Khabbaz, the province’s governor-general, said.
Some members of the terrorist group have been recently arrested in the province, Khabbaz said, ISNA news agency reported.
Explosives were also found and seized from the terrorist group members in the province, he added.
“Earlier, some other terror attempts have been made in Semnan by the terrorists as well,” the official said.
Last month Iran’s intelligence ministry announced that several terrorists linked with the IS group, which had entered Iran through the border to carry out terrorist operations in central Iranian cities were killed in western country in a joint operation with the IRGC.
The province’s Governor-General Asadollah Razani said that on Aug 15 night, police, security and intelligence forces killed the key IS agent and arrested some others.
On Aug. 16 morning, forces swooped on a safe house used by the terror cell in Kermanshah city, killing three more terrorists and seizing suicide vests and belts, grenades, and various automatic weapons.