IRGC Dismantles Team of Terrorists West of Tehran

Date: 07 October 2023 - 22:33

News ID: ۱۲۰۰۴۳

TEHRAN -- Iran’s Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces have smashed a team of terrorists in the country’s north-central province of Alborz close to the capital Tehran, the IRGC’s Imam Hassan Mojtaba base announced Saurday.
In a statement, the base said the seven-strong team was busted in a joint operation by Basij volunteer forces and security forces in Garmdarreh district of the province west of Tehran, following intricate intelligence measures.
The statement added that a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two magazines and 45 rounds of live ammunition in addition to a pistol with two magazines and 28 live bullets, a bulletproof vest and a pepper spray were recovered from the terrorists.
Back in late May, IRGC forces smashed a team of terrorists in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing two.
The IRGC Ground Force’s Quds Base said in a statement at the time that the team had been busted before carrying out its plans for terrorist operations in the southern part of the province.
The IRGC servicemen ambushed the terrorist team and smashed it in cooperation with the Intelligence Ministry forces, the statement added.
Two terrorists were killed and a third one has been arrested in the attack, which also resulted in the confiscation of ammunition, weapons and explosives, it said.