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Maziar Motamedi

Iran says ISIL members planning Eid al-Fitr ‘suicide attack’ arrested

People attend the funerals of victims of an ISIL attack in Kerman, Iran, on January 5, 2024 [Handout/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

Iran says it has arrested members of the ISIL (ISIS) group who were planning an attack at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

A concerned citizen called law enforcement in Mahdasht in the province of Alborz, about 60km (37 miles) west of the capital Tehran, which led to the arrest of “senior” ISIL member Mohammad “Ramesh” Zaker, police spokesman Saeed Montazerolmahdi said on Saturday.

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