Iran says it arrests members of Kurdish ‘terror network’

By AFP 13 July 2022, 5:06 pm

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A general view of the Iraq-Iran border crossing of Mandali in northern province of Diyala, Iraq, July, 11, 2020. (Thaier al-Sudani/Pool Photo via AP)

Iran’s intelligence ministry says its officers have arrested 10 members of a “terror network” in the country’s northwest, affiliated with separatist groups based in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

“All 10 members of this network, who were entering the country through the border areas of West Azerbaijan province and were supported by separatist terrorists in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, were arrested,” the ministry says.

It claims those arrested were planning various acts “ranging from destruction, explosions and attacks on vital and economic centers and facilities of the country, to creating roadblocks and extortion.”

Communication equipment, weapons and ammunition have also been seized, the ministry adds.