Iran arrests 21 Daesh terrorists in northeastern city

TEHRAN - 8 July 2017: Iran’s security forces have arrested 21 Daesh terrorists in the northeastern city of Mashhad, foiling their plans to launch several attacks on Iranian soil, a judiciary official was quoted by Press TV as saying.

The terrorists “intended to carry out different operations, including suicide attacks,” Hassan Heidari, the deputy prosecutor general of Mashhad said.

Heidari went on to say that Iranian intelligence launched the security operation in Mashhad as a “deterrent measure” following the recent Daesh terror attacks in the capital, Tehran.

As part of the operation, Iranian intelligence put a group of Daesh terrorists under surveillance, said the official. They found out that some of the terrorists entered Iran with fake IDs after receiving military training and pledging allegiance to Daesh leaders, he added.