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Iran dismantles team of saboteurs in southeastern border region

Xinhua, July 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran's intelligence forces dismantled and arrested a team of saboteurs in the southeastern border city of Khash in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the provincial police chief announced on Wednesday.

Members of the group, which had intended to sabotage and planned bomb attacks in public places of the city, were identified and arrested by the security forces, Hossein Rahimi was quoted as saying by Tasnm news agency.

The governor of Khash country, Mohammad Akbar Chaker Zehi, also told official IRNA news agency that in the operation, 10 members of the "terrorist" group was arrested.

They had planned to target two major military and security bases of the Islamic republic in the province, Chaker Zehi was quoted as saying.

The reports did not identify the political and ethnic affiliation of the arrested people.

In June, Iranian security forces killed five Jaish-ul-Adl, Arabic translation of the Army of Justice, members in Sistan and Baluchestan and confiscated substantial amounts of ammunition from them.

The Pakistani-based Jaish al-Adl is the Sunni rebel group attempting to fight for the rights of Sunni Muslims in the Iranian provinces of Sistan and Baluchestan, and is responsible for numerous attacks against Iran's border posts. Endit