Iran disbands terrorist network linked to Israel
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said its forces have disbanded a “large terrorist network” and arrested its members who were planning to carry out numerous terrorist attacks across Iran.
In a statement on Monday, the ministry said the terrorists were connected via “terrorist circles in Denmark and the Netherlands” to the Israeli spy agency, Iran Front Page reported.
The terrorists planned to carry out attacks in the month of Muharram — during which millions of Iranians hold public mourning ceremonies for the third Shia Imam — but were arrested before “entering [their] extensive… operational phase.”
The terrorists planned to bomb, among other places, the burial place of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the United States in 2020. General Soleimani is buried in his birthplace of Kerman.
The Intelligence Ministry statement said the terrorists planned sabotage activities in the six Iranian provinces of Tehran, Kerman, Esfahan, Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Kurdistan, and Mazandaran.
They also planned to attack popular gathering places, including Muharram mourning ceremonies, gas stations, power pylons, and natural gas plants to disrupt domestic and export supplies.