Immediately after the terrorist attack on Shah Cherakh’s mausoleum in Iran in October 2022, 42 accomplices of terrorists were detained, the head of the counterterrorism department of the Intelligence Department of Iran’s Fars province said on February 14, according to the Iranian newspaper. Tehran Times. he writes
The official spoke about this at an exhibition dedicated to the fight against terrorism and a number of operations of special services, which is held in the mausoleum. According to him, the detainees provided supplies and equipment to the terrorists.
He also said that Iranian intelligence services have prevented almost 200 explosions in the country since 2014, when ISIS launched a campaign of direct attacks against Iran.
The representative of the special services pointed out that the attack on Shah Cherakh’s mausoleum is part of the general scheme of attacks on Sunni mosques in Iran and other holy places, especially in the cities of Mashhad and Qom, with the aim of sowing sectarian discord in the country. (Iran is dominated by Shiite Islam.)
Recall that on October 26, during a visit by pilgrims to the Shah-Cherakh mausoleum, three unknown persons opened fire on people. Two shooters managed to stop the local police, one fled.
The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
As a result of the incident, 13 people, including children, died and another 30 were injured.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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