Kerman bombings terrorists killed, arrested: Intel Ministry
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said on Friday it had killed two terrorists and arrested some others linked to a Daesh-claimed terrorist attack in the southeastern city of Kerman on January 3.
The ministry said in a statement that the terrorists had been involved in the “orchestration and implementation” of the deadly bombings on the assassination anniversary of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, during which 94 people were killed and 211 others injured.
The statement said the two “non-Iranian” terrorists were besieged by Iranian operative and were both killed in an exchange of fire, Press TV reported.
The Intelligence Ministry said they had planned a two-stage scenario involving an armed attack on a police station in Kerman and setting a “booby trap” on the way of police officers, both of which were foiled.
It also announced the arrest of Mohammad Imran Tanvir, nicknamed “Abu Imran”, a bomb-making specialist and one of the leaders of Daesh-Khorasan, which is affiliated with the Daesh terrorist group.
The Intelligence Ministry also arrested “Mahtab”, another ring leader of the terrorist group, who is currently under interrogation and entered the country under the guise of a worker.
The also said several other terrorists had been arrested before staging acts of terror in various parts of the country, including the holy city of Mashhad.
The Intelligence Ministry said Mohammad Adel Aref, known as “Adel Panjshiri”, had been tracked down and identified during the latest intelligence operation. Being at large in the present time and suspected to have holed up in a neighborhood in western Tehran, Adel was charged with a suicide bomb attack at the Kabul University in Afghanistan, among other convictions.