Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence Reports Discovery of ‘Two Explosive Shipments from Terrorist Groups’
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced on Wednesday, the 4th of Bahman, that forces of this security organization discovered and neutralized two large explosive shipments that ‘had been brought into the country for the purpose of terrorist operations in public places.’
The statement of this ministry was reflected in the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, which states that these shipments were discovered in the east and west of the country and that Saudi Arabia played a role in the matter.
According to this statement, the shipment discovered in the eastern part of the country contains ’23 remote-controlled ready-to-explode bombs’ that ‘were brought into Iran under the planning and guidance of Saudi intelligence services with the aim of carrying out harmful measures and creating insecurity in the eastern provinces.’
Iran and Saudi Arabia mutually accuse each other of interfering in each other’s internal affairs and creating insecurity. This statement does not refer to the exact location of the discovery of such an explosive shipment, but Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeastern part of Iran has for years been the scene of clashes between armed groups such as Jundallah and Jeish Al-Adl with border guards or Iran’s security forces.
Iran considers these groups terrorist and has accused security apparatus of various countries such as Saudi Arabia and Israel of supporting them. The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence’s statement does not refer to any specific group either. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has not shown any reaction to it so far.
The statement also says that security forces from the General Department of Intelligence of Kurdistan Province discovered the second shipment in the city of Marivan, which ‘one of the separatist terrorist groups’ had in its possession.
According to the Ministry of Intelligence, the shipment in question ‘includes equipment and tools necessary for making several bombs’ and consists of ‘TNT and C4 explosives, detonation kits and 150 electronic detonators along with 41 grenades, 31 Kalashnikov magazines, four RPG rounds and several military weapon grips.’
The Ministry of Intelligence also stated that this shipment had entered Iran from Iraqi Kurdistan.
In mid-Khordad of this year, the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic were targeted by an attack by a group called the ‘Islamic State’ or ISIS, during which 18 people were killed.
At that time, Iran held Saudi Arabia responsible for this attack, but Riyadh rejected such accusations.
Source: Radio Farda
