Iran's Ministry of Intelligence Reports Arrest of 41 ISIS Members in Various Provinces

On Friday, June 9, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence announced in its latest statement that it had arrested "41 members of the ISIS group" and seized documents, materials, and equipment from them. In the statement from this security agency, which has been reported by Iranian news agencies, it was said that "following a series of complex intelligence operations" that, according to the Ministry of Intelligence, were conducted "with the cooperation of the families of some terrorists," these individuals were arrested in the provinces of Kermanshah, Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, and Tehran. This ministry considers the detainees to be affiliated with what it calls the "Wahhabi ISIS group" and has linked them to "operational teams as well as logistical and communication networks," adding that "a quantity of documents, materials, and equipment for terrorist operations were obtained from these individuals before any action." Previously, it had been reported that seven people had been arrested in Fars province and two in Kermanshah. The wave of arrests of individuals accused of connections to the Islamic State group came a day after armed operations by two different groups at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini and the Islamic Consultative Assembly. In these two operations, at least 17 people were killed and over 50 were injured. Mahmoud Alavi, Iran's Minister of Intelligence, told reporters on Friday that the "location" where the attackers of Wednesday's attacks "had allied together and which people saw in a video on social media was identified, and some of their members were still present there and were arrested, along with the equipment, explosives, and suicide belts they had prepared, which were handed over to intelligence forces." He added that the operation to arrest ISIS members is "in mid-course and details must remain confidential," but emphasized that "after the completion of the operation, complete information will be provided to the public." The funeral ceremony for the victims of the Wednesday attacks in Tehran, for which ISIS claimed responsibility, was held. Reports from Iranian news agencies indicate that the bodies of the victims of these two incidents were buried after the Friday prayers in Tehran. Hassan Rouhani, the President of Iran, described the Wednesday attacks as "revenge against democracy" in Iran and said: "Whenever the Iranian nation achieves a great victory, the enemies seek to strike a blow to the people and the country." He referred to the "extraordinary participation" in the presidential and Islamic council elections, stating: "This terrorist act is actually revenge against democracy. The people will continue their path to achieve national goals, national cohesion, and national unity." The Islamic State group, which has faced severe pressure in recent months due to attacks by the US-led coalition forces in Iraq, released a video in Persian earlier this year threatening to attack Iran. Following the Wednesday operations, the group reiterated its threat and reminded that more attacks against Iran are on the way. Islamic Republic officials have stated that the five perpetrators of the attacks on the Khomeini mausoleum and the Islamic Consultative Assembly, all of whom were killed, were "Iranian." The Ministry of Intelligence of Iran has announced the names of some of these individuals but has not provided further details about their backgrounds due to what it called "social considerations." Iranian security sources also reported the arrest of an Iranian woman on Wednesday, who, according to them, played a role in "guiding" the attackers. In this context, a video of the attackers of the Tehran attacks was released by an ISIS-affiliated network. The Ministry of Intelligence published the names and images of the attackers in the Tehran incidents. The commander of the Iranian police stated that security and law enforcement measures in sensitive centers have been intensified. Conflicting reports have emerged from Baqeri's statements regarding the "largest operation of the century against ISIS." Iran, in a letter to the United Nations, implicitly implicated Saudi Arabia in the Tehran attacks. Two people were arrested in Kermanshah in connection with the deadly Tehran attacks. The dynamics of the "proxy war" have changed; the war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of the opposition and the possibility of radicalization of Iranian society. The last representative of Mossad in Tehran passed away amid the Iran crisis. 1300 hours of internet outages; Witkoff: A horrific massacre occurred during the protests in Iran.