Iran Press/ Iran News: In a statement on Wednesday, Iran's Intelligence Ministry stated that the second-in-command of the Todar terrorist group was captured by the intelligence forces a month ago.
Masmatos was the second-in-command of the military wing of the Tondar terror outfit, who was aware of the plot to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientist Masoud Alimohammadi.
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry also arrested the ringleader of the Tondar terror outfit named Jamshid Sharmahd on August 2, 2020.
Following Sharmahd's arrest, Iran's envoy to the United Nations wrote a letter to the secretary-general protesting US support for the Tondar terrorist outfit, blaming Washington for the group's terrorist crimes in Iran.
Tondar, or the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, also known as Soldiers of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, is an armed terrorist royalist group seeking to overthrow the ruling government and restore the monarchy in Iran.
Tondar claimed responsibility for the 2008 Shiraz explosion at the Hosseynieh Sayyed al-Shohada, in which 14 people, including children, were killed and 215 others were injured.
Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour, accused of being members of the terrorist group, were arrested and tried for the bombing. In January 2010, they were executed to wage war against God and attempt to overthrow the Islamic Republic.
Tondar plotted several other terrorist acts in Iran, including blowing up the Sivand Dam in Shiraz, detonating cyanide bombs at Tehran's book exhibition, and exploding bombs during general ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mausoleum. The Iranian security forces foiled all these terrorist plots.
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