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1st LD: Iran says thwarts major terrorist plot in Tehran

Xinhua, June 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran has thwarted one of the biggest terrorist plots in Tehran recently, the Intelligence Ministry said in a statement on Monday, according to state IRINN TV.

"In this criminal plot, the anti-Islamist Takfiri terrorist group had schemed to carry out a series of bombings in different parts of the country (including in Tehran) on the occasions to come," the statement said.

"In the operations by the Intelligence Ministry, the terrorists were detained and a number of bombs, ready to explode, and a sizeable amount of materials for making bombs were seized from the terrorists," the statement said.

Further information about the terrorist plot will be announced in the following days as the investigation process advances, it added. Endit