Tehran, Iran, June 20
By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend:
Iran’s security forces have averted “one of the biggest terrorist plots of Takfiri and Wahhabi groups” to bomb the capital city Tehran and a number of other places across the country.
The terrorists had planned to carry out a series of bombing operations during the upcoming public religious gatherings, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced June 20.
The ministry added that the terrorists were arrested and a number of bombs as well as a huge amount of ammunition they were storing were spotted.
Iranian officials refer to the extremist armed groups, in particular in Syria and Iraq, as Takfiri.
In early 2016, Tehran residents saw an unprecedentedly noticeable presence of special forces at public places under the increasing threats of terrorist groups around Iranian borders.
To its west, Iran has been threatened by terrorists since the “Islamic State” (aka IS, ISIL, ISIS, Daesh) spread across Syria and Iraq in 2014.
To the east also, terrorist gangs frequently venture into Iranian territory from inside Afghanistan or Pakistan.