Judicial Official of Fars Province: 20 Arrested; Shahcheragh Attack 'Terrorist' Not 'Regretful'

In the latest development regarding the recent armed attack on the 'Shahcheragh' shrine, the Chief Justice of Fars announced the 'completion' of this phase of identifying the perpetrators and the arrest of 20 individuals. This judicial official also stated that the arrested assailant is 'not regretful' about his actions. Seyyed Kazem Mousavi said today, Thursday, August 17, regarding the latest status of the investigation into the armed attack on Shahcheragh: 'In the last phase, which has also been completed, 20 individuals have been arrested; in fact, everyone who had the slightest role in the province and outside the province related to the incident has been arrested.' This judicial official pointed out that the indictment for the main suspect in the incident will be issued 'next week' and added: 'The terrorist involved in the Shahcheragh incident is about 25 years old and is Tajik, and he is in no way regretful about the incident he caused.' Yesterday, the Tasnim news agency, close to the Iranian security institutions, reported, citing 'some sources': 'Rahmatullah Noorozov, with the organizational name Salman Aslamyar,' initially contacted one of the 'ISIS links' through social media and then went to Turkey for 'operational cooperation' with ISIS, where he 'effectively became a member of ISIS.' According to these 'sources,' whose names or details have not been disclosed, Noorozov, a 'Tajik national,' then went to Afghanistan and underwent 'about 3 months' of training with ISIS for the 'planned terrorist operations' before ultimately 'entering Iran.' On the evening of Sunday, August 13, Iranian news agencies reported an attack by 'several armed assailants' on 'Shahcheragh,' a religious site in Shiraz. According to reports from Iranian news agencies, in this incident, 2 people have been killed and seven 'injured or wounded,' all of whom have been transferred to medical centers for treatment. On Tuesday, August 15, Yadollah Bouali, commander of the Fajr Corps in Fars Province, claimed that the arrested individual in connection with the attack on Shahcheragh is 'a member of a network whose background is not in Islamic countries.' He announced that 'more than 10 individuals' have been arrested in connection with the attack on Shahcheragh on Sunday evening and claimed that the assailant had 'a lighter and gasoline' with him, asserting that 'this network extends to several countries that are specified.' This IRGC official did not mention the names of the alleged countries. Mehrdad Darvishpour: The regime is a lying shepherd, and its claims about Shahcheragh are not believable. Ambiguities surrounding the armed attack on Shahcheragh; what were the responsible institutions doing this time? Iranian security sources claim a connection between the attackers of Shahcheragh and 'ISIS'; increase in arrests. The claim of the Fajr Corps commander regarding the Shahcheragh assailant: 'He had a lighter and gasoline.' Global condemnation of the attack on Shahcheragh; users: 'A repetitive scenario' on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini.