TEHRAN – Members of two terrorist teams aligned with Daesh (ISIS) who planned to conduct attacks and bombings inside Iran have been arrested in Kurdistan Province, the Intelligence Ministry announced on Thursday.

“13 individuals in the form of two terrorist teams affiliated with the Daesh [terrorist] group who were after conducting bombing attacks, killing people and assassinating some Sunni clerics in the country were identified and arrested by intelligence forces in Kurdistan Province,” the ministry said in a statement, Mehr reported.

Some of these individuals underwent military training abroad and were led by one of Daesh’s top leaders, the statement added.

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