Mahmoud Alavi told reporters on Sunday that the Intelligence Ministry's ‘Anonymous Forces’, the country’s intelligence and security forces, have managed to arrest a terrorist element in the western part of the country on April 15.
The operation was carried out with maximum vigilance and with people's active engagement and participation, he added.
“According to the detainee’s confessions, he had a mission from terrorist groups to carry out explosive operations inside the country,” he said.
Alavi went on to add, “by neutralizing this terrorist attack, the malicious objectives of certain regional countries to disturb Iran’s security were thwarted.”
The ministry will continue with its investigation on the detained terrorist to uncover further details of the operation.
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