The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has announced that the mastermind behind the Tehran terrorist attacks has been killed.
During a televised interview on Saturday, Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alawi said that the terrorist commander was killed earlier in the day by intelligence forces.
He noted that the terrorist had fled the country following the ensuing security operations after the attack, but was killed with the cooperation of friendly foreign intelligence services.
At least 17 people were killed and 52 others injured in Tehran on Wednesday when gunmen mounted almost simultaneous assaults on Iran’s Parliament and the Mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini. The ISIL terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
After offering condolences to the families of the attacks victims, Alawi stressed that over the past few months the country’s intelligence forces had neutralized over 25 terrorist cells.
He added that the large number of terrorist operations thwarted by Iran had pushed the terrorists into engaging in the Wednesday attacks.
Alawi also noted that in a recent intelligence raid a large amount of automatic weapons and grenade launchers were obtained from a terrorist group.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Police chief Hussein Ashtari has announced that a group of some 60 suspects has also been detained near Tehran in relation to the terrorist attacks.
Source: Press TV
