Iranian police on Saturday introduced the arrest of a senior operative of Islamic State with two different members of the group accused of planning a suicide assault throughout subsequent week’s celebrations marking the tip of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The police stated Mohammad Zaker, often known as “Ramesh”, and the opposite two had been arrested in Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, following clashes, based on Iranian media.Eight others accompanying the lads had been additionally detained, they stated.
Islamic State, which harbours a virulent hatred for Iran’s dominant Shi’ite sect, claimed duty for 2 explosions in Iran in January that killed practically 100 individuals and wounded scores at a memorial marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of prime commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in 2020 by a U.S. drone.
Iran arrested 35 individuals in January, together with a commander of Islamic State’s Afghanistan-based department ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-Okay), who it stated had been linked to the dual bombings on Jan. 3 within the southeastern metropolis of Kerman.
On March 22, within the deadliest assault inside Russia in 20 years, gunmen opened hearth with automated weapons at a live performance corridor close to Moscow, killing a minimum of 144 individuals in a rampage claimed by Islamic State.
U.S. intelligence sources stated ISIS-Okay had carried out each the Jan. 3 assaults in Iran and the March 22 shootings in Moscow.
Sources aware of the matter informed Reuters that Iran had tipped off Russia of the potential for a significant assault on its soil
In 2022 Islamic State took duty for an assault on a Shi’ite shrine in Iran that killed 15 individuals. Earlier assaults claimed by Islamic State embody twin bombings in 2017 that focused Iran’s parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Islamic State as soon as occupied massive swathes of Iraq and Syria, imposing a reign of terror and provoking lone wolf assaults in Western international locations.
The police stated Mohammad Zaker, often known as “Ramesh”, and the opposite two had been arrested in Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, following clashes, based on Iranian media.Eight others accompanying the lads had been additionally detained, they stated.
Islamic State, which harbours a virulent hatred for Iran’s dominant Shi’ite sect, claimed duty for 2 explosions in Iran in January that killed practically 100 individuals and wounded scores at a memorial marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of prime commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in 2020 by a U.S. drone.
Iran arrested 35 individuals in January, together with a commander of Islamic State’s Afghanistan-based department ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-Okay), who it stated had been linked to the dual bombings on Jan. 3 within the southeastern metropolis of Kerman.
On March 22, within the deadliest assault inside Russia in 20 years, gunmen opened hearth with automated weapons at a live performance corridor close to Moscow, killing a minimum of 144 individuals in a rampage claimed by Islamic State.
U.S. intelligence sources stated ISIS-Okay had carried out each the Jan. 3 assaults in Iran and the March 22 shootings in Moscow.
Sources aware of the matter informed Reuters that Iran had tipped off Russia of the potential for a significant assault on its soil
In 2022 Islamic State took duty for an assault on a Shi’ite shrine in Iran that killed 15 individuals. Earlier assaults claimed by Islamic State embody twin bombings in 2017 that focused Iran’s parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Islamic State as soon as occupied massive swathes of Iraq and Syria, imposing a reign of terror and provoking lone wolf assaults in Western international locations.
