TEHRAN - Iran's Deputy Minister of Interior revealed on Sunday that the country's security and intelligence forces successfully thwarted terrorist plots aimed at disrupting the June 28 presidential elections before voting commenced.

In an interview with Fars News Agency, Majid Mirahmadi, shed light on the strategies employed by enemies during the recent presidential elections in Iran.

Mirahmadi revealed that anti-Iran groups and factions had devised multiple strategies to disrupt the electoral process. "Their first strategy was to discourage voter participation by promoting an election ban, and their second strategy was about infiltrating the candidates' election headquarters," he said, highlighting the efforts made by adversaries to create false polarization and intensify societal divisions.

Moreover, Mirahmadi emphasized that the enemies had planned to raise the issue of election fraud and repeat past incidents. "The final and fifth strategy of the enemies and adversaries was to raise the issue of voter rigging and repeat the bitter incident of 2009," he stated.

In addition to these challenges, Mirahmadi also addressed the persistent threat posed by terrorist groups during elections. He revealed that these groups had planned to instigate fear and prevent people from participating in the electoral process through terrorist operations. "They tried to turn the elections into a widespread security challenge by implementing hard and soft strategies," he added.

However, Mirahmadi provided reassurance by stating that due to effective intelligence operations, several terrorist elements who had been trained and prepared for disruptive activities during the elections were apprehended before they could carry out their plans. "Before the start of the elections, some of the terrorist elements who had been sent into the country, received the necessary training, and were prepared for terrorist operations during the elections were arrested by the anonymous soldiers of Imam Zaman (a term used in Iran for intelligence forces) and thankfully, terrorist movements faced a complete defeat," he affirmed.