On Monday, the Intelligence Ministry said its forces carried out uninterrupted intelligence and security activities after the Oct. 26 terrorist attack on the Shah-e Cheragh shrine in Shiraz.
The investigations and operations resulted in the identification and arrest of all elements who orchestrated, perpetrated and supported the terrorist attack, he added, noting that a total of 26 takfiri terrorists were captured.
In addition, several other items who had entered Iran for an operation were arrested, he added.
According to the Ministry of Intelligence, not all detainees are Iranian and come from the Republic of Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
The main detail who guided and coordinated the attack in Iran was a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan who had flown from Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, he said.
It added that the user told the coordination detail in the Republic of Azerbaijan without delay after his arrival in Tehran and also contacted the main coordinator of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) operations in Afghanistan and contacted the foreign nationals network of Daesh. his presence in Tehran.
The ministry said the detail that supported the terrorist attack in Shiraz was an Afghan man, named “Muhammad Ramez Rashidi,” who operated under the pseudonym “Abu Basir,” while the man who fired at the holy shrine was a Tajik citizen named “Sobhan Komruni. “, operating under the pseudonym “Abu Ayesha”.
The terrorists were arrested in the provinces of Fars, Tehran, Alborz, Kerman, Qom and Razavi Khorasan, he said, noting that several others were arrested while trying to flee the country from the eastern borders.
The ministry also noted that several of those terrorists were planning a terrorist attack in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
Fifteen pilgrims were killed and at least 40 others wounded after a gunman opened fire indiscriminately in Shah-e Cheragh, a well-respected Shiite shrine in the southern city of Shiraz in Fars province on October 26.
The Daesh terrorist claimed responsibility for the brutal attack.