Iran forces 'foil' terror plot
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
IRAN announced yesterday it has foiled a rebel plan to carry out a "terrorist act" in an oil-rich border province, adding it was on guard against Western plans to topple the clerical authorities.
"Iranian intelligence agents, in their latest operation, have prevented a terrorist act by an anti-revolutionary group," Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie was quoted as saying by the state broadcasting website.
"They were aiming to carry out a terrorist act in the south of the (southwestern) Khuzestan province but they were arrested before carrying out any action," he added.
Mohseni Ejeie did not give any further details on the individuals involved in the planned attack.
The restive province of Khuzestan borders Iraq and is home to a substantial Arab community. The provincial capital Ahvaz was the scene of deadly attacks in October 2005 and January 2006 that Iran blamed on elements linked to Britain.
Iran's intelligence services have been on high alert against supposed plots by its Western enemies to create instability, especially in its border regions which have substantial ethnic minority communities.
"With a good intelligence supervision and cooperation... the smallest movement by the enemy inside the country is being identified and immediately their elements are apprehended," said the minister.
He also said Iran had to be on its guard against a string of Western plans that aimed at toppling the Islamic republic's clerical rulers.
The first, he said, was led by US Vice President Dick Cheney with the help of outlawed opposition groups inside and outside Iran.
"They try to spread division and splits between forces of revolution," he said.AFP
"Iranian intelligence agents, in their latest operation, have prevented a terrorist act by an anti-revolutionary group," Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie was quoted as saying by the state broadcasting website.
"They were aiming to carry out a terrorist act in the south of the (southwestern) Khuzestan province but they were arrested before carrying out any action," he added.
Mohseni Ejeie did not give any further details on the individuals involved in the planned attack.
The restive province of Khuzestan borders Iraq and is home to a substantial Arab community. The provincial capital Ahvaz was the scene of deadly attacks in October 2005 and January 2006 that Iran blamed on elements linked to Britain.
Iran's intelligence services have been on high alert against supposed plots by its Western enemies to create instability, especially in its border regions which have substantial ethnic minority communities.
"With a good intelligence supervision and cooperation... the smallest movement by the enemy inside the country is being identified and immediately their elements are apprehended," said the minister.
He also said Iran had to be on its guard against a string of Western plans that aimed at toppling the Islamic republic's clerical rulers.
The first, he said, was led by US Vice President Dick Cheney with the help of outlawed opposition groups inside and outside Iran.
"They try to spread division and splits between forces of revolution," he said.AFP
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