TEHRAN: Iran arrested a “terrorist cell” accused of killing teachers in a flashpoint border area and detained in a separate incident three Afghans planning to fight in Iraq, media reported yesterday.
An undisclosed number of cell members were caught near Sarbaz in the southeast, said a statement from Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) published by the official IRNA news agency.
The report did not give the date of the operation but said those detained had “committed a series of terrorist attacks, including the killing of teachers and Basij (Islamic militia volunteers).”
Sarbaz is in Sistan-Baluchistan province, which borders Pakistan and has a large Sunni community. It is plagued by violence involving Sunni extremists and drug smugglers.
AFP
