Iran detains 26 terrorists driven Azerbaijani citizen


(MENAFN) The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence declared on Monday that it had detained a group of 26 terrorists associated with the Shiraz assault that was driven by an Azerbaijani citizen.

The ministry stated that it has so far held 26 terrorists who were related or planning to continue terrorist assaults throughout the nation of Iran, such as Zahedan.

“All the individuals arrested are non-Iranian and hold Azerbaijani, Tajik, and Afghan citizenship,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement.

It also mentioned that the mastermind behind the Shiraz assault who organized it is an Azerbaijani citizen.

“The main coordinating and orchestrating element of the operation inside the country is an Azerbaijani national who boarded a plane at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku and entered the country via Imam Khomeini airport. After arriving in Tehran, this individual informed the coordinating element in the Republic of Azerbaijan of his presence,” the announcement mentioned, as recited by IRNA.

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