Fighting Terrorism

Three more terrorists killed, 6 captured in SE Iran

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – A senior official with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force says the elite force has eliminated three more terrorists and arrested another six during an ongoing counter-terrorism drill in the southeast.

Iran kills chieftain of terrorist team behind Taftan attack

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Iran's police have killed the ringleader of a terrorist group responsible for the deadly attack on a police convoy in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

AALCO conference on countering terrorism kicks off in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – Asian–African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) conference, focusing on the prevention and countering of terrorism kicked off in Tehran.

In central Mali:

Terrorists claim to have killed 4 Russia military instructors

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) – An Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group claimed to have killed four members from the Russian private security group Wagner in an ambush in central Mali.

Strategic coop. between Iran-Iraq armed forces necessary

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – President of Iran’s Supreme National Defense University Brigadier General Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moghaddam said that strategic cooperation between the armed forces of Iran and Iraq is ‘necessary’.

Iraq pounds 6 ISIL hideouts in Saladin

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – An Iraqi information center affiliated with the Office of the Prime Minister announced that the Iraqi military and security forces managed to confiscate and destroy 6 hideouts belonging to the ISIL terrorists in Saladin.

Iran, Turkey stress joint coop. in fight against terrorism

TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – Iranian and Turkish interior ministers emphasized the need for joint bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism.