Iran foils multiple terror plots in past weeks

Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said the intelligence forces have identified and arrested a number of suspects over the past weeks before they could carry out terror plots, Tasnim news agency reported Tuesday.

The arrested people planned to conduct operations against security forces during Shiite Muslims mourning ceremonies, Alavi said.

"They were not organized terrorists, but active as individuals," he said, adding that they intended to act in different Iranian provinces.

Over the past weeks, Shiite Muslims in Iran marked the holy days of Muslims' lunar month of Muharram to commemorate the death anniversary of Shiite leader Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, and his companions in Iraq's Karbala city in AD 680.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)