Iran Press/ Iran news: Speaking at the Iran National Conference of Passive Defense on Monday, Mahmoud Alavi said these terrorists were arrested through intelligence operations.
He further noted since the beginning of the month various anti-terror operations have been carried out throughout the country and and security forces had thwarted plans by terrorist groups to carry out attacks in Iran, according to Iran Press.
"Abducted Iran border guards are safe and we hope that Pakistan would soon arrest the kidnappers and free the Iranian abductees," Iranian Intelligence Minister said to reporters on the sidelines of the conference.
Fourteen border guard forces were abducted by terrorists in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan border with Pakistan, on October 15.
Pakistan-based Jeish al-Adl terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the abductions.
On September 22, a deadly terror attack targeted an Iranian military parade in Ahvaz, Khuzestan’s provincial capital. Daesh, along with the al-Ahwazia terrorist outfit, claimed the assault.
In response, Iran later rained surface-to-surface ballistic missiles on positions of Daesh in eastern Syria.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) also said earlier this month a high-ranking Daesh commander, who apparently masterminded the Ahvaz terror attack, had been killed in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala.
Israeli Cyber Attack on Iran Foiled
In a message on his Twitter account, Azari Jahromi said the Zionist regime, with its dark record of using cyber weapons such as Stuxnet computer virus, launched a cyber attack on Iran on Monday to harm the country’s communication infrastructures.
“Thanks to the vigilance of (Iranian) technical teams, it (Israel) returned empty-handed,” the minster added.
Azari Jahromi also said that Iran will sue Israel for the cyber-attack via international circles.
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