AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Iranian security forces have identified and arrested two armed individuals affiliated with the so-called Ansar al-Furqan terror group in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
Doostali Jalilian, the provincial police chief, told IRNA on Saturday that the terrorists were apprehended shortly after several members of the Basij volunteer force were killed and injured in an attack in the Qasr-e Qand region of the province.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that these individuals, both of Iranian nationality, executed a deliberate and targeted plan yesterday evening to martyr and injure the Basij members in Qasr-e Qand in collaboration with two others,” he said.
The apprehension of other members of the terrorist group is now a top priority for security forces, Jalilian stated.
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