196 Terrorists Killed & Arrested In 8 Months In Iran, Says Islamic Republic Intel Agency

The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic announced that 196 "Takfiri terrorists" had been killed or arrested between October 2022 and July 2023.

According to the Iranian intelligence ministry, these arrests took place in the period between the two terrorist attacks on the Shah Cheragh shrine.

The ministry added that during this period, "terrorists " made several attempts to attack religious places in Iran.

On October 26, 2022, terrorists attacked Shah Cheragh shrine due to which 13 people died and another 25 were left wounded. ISIS had claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Islamic Republic arrested 26 people who, according to the authorities, were citizens of "Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan” in connection with last year’s attack.

Earlier, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic also executed two Afghan citizens who had been accused of organising the attack on Shah Cheragh.

Eight months after the first attack on Shah Cheragh, another attack targeted the shrine in which at least two people were killed and seven people were injured.

Iranian authorities have said that about twenty people, including the main perpetrator of the shooting, have been arrested.

Earlier, Tasnim news agency reported that Rahmatullah Nowrozov, the shooter of the recent Shah Cheragh attack, was trained by ISIS in Afghanistan.