Iran Breaks up Islamic State Bombing Plot Targeting Ashoura
Iran broke up an Islamic State plan to bomb commemorations marking the Shiite religious mourning period of Ashoura, state media reported, the latest alleged militant plot to target the country.
Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi as saying several foreign nationals were detained with some 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of explosives. State television also reported the arrests.
Alavi said late Wednesday the suspects planned to attack Ashoura events in Iran's southern Fars province. Ashoura marks the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century.
Alavi referred to the suspects as "takfiri terrorists," a term used by Iranian officials to describe militant Sunni Muslim fundamentalists like the Islamic State group.
"Intelligence Ministry agents, with the cooperation of other security forces, succeeded to defuse one of the anti-security plots of the 'takfiri' terrorist groups and prevent an inhuman crime in the ceremonies," he said.
There was no other information immediately released, though the arrest of foreigners on such charges is rare. Iran has helped Shiite militias fighting against the Islamic State group in Iraq, while also supporting embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Alavi blamed Iran's foreign "enemies" for helping the Ashoura bombing suspects, without elaborating.
Iran in recent months has announced an increasing number of thwarted militant attacks. In June, Iran said it broke up one of the "biggest terrorist plots" ever on its soil by Sunni extremists planning bombings in Tehran and elsewhere during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Iran increasingly has warned of possible militant assaults targeting the country, which hasn't seen large-scale attacks since the 1980s. Recently though, Iran has faced increased attacks from Kurdish separatists. Arabs in its southern, oil-rich region and Baluch militants also launch occasional attacks.
13 October 2016, 14:06
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Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted..... LOL
Irna is as credible as when mowaten of iran says he is Lebanese, secular, and has one account.
13 October 2016, 14:31
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yea, as daddy rifi said, nusra doesnt exist and daesh are friendly teddy bears. now go back ot play with your dolls eagleyawn
13 October 2016, 14:57
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please show us where and when rifi said nusra does not exist and daesh are friendly bears like Barney. i'll be waiting.
13 October 2016, 15:24
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you can wait, just like i'm still waiting here
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/218313-nasrallah-lashes-out-at-saudi-arabia-reiterates-golden-equation-of-army-people-resistance
why dont you log back in with your "enterprise" account and tell us?
13 October 2016, 15:26
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actually i'll be the bigger man, and shove this down your throat because it's too easy:
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/154149
13 October 2016, 15:28
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your turn, justin/enterprise/eagleyawn/liberty or whatever account you feel like using today.
13 October 2016, 16:05
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mowaten, add me to the list you pathetic troll. Anyone who shows you for the propagandist that you are becomes one person. Rifi is right. There are no Nusra or ISIS in Lebanon only the hezbollah Free Sunni Brigades of Baalabck.
13 October 2016, 16:06
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Rifi was responding to accusations by trolls like that that jihadists established an Islamic "emirate" in northern Lebanon.
13 October 2016, 16:10
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@mowaten
I read the article and did not see anywhere where Rifi said Daesh are friendly bears? I am surprised you refer to an article published in the Saudi Okaz which you always discredit.
btw mowaten, you are the only one with trolling accounts.
13 October 2016, 16:13
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Too bad for the salafis that they face fearless people during Ashoura.
Not westerners panicking, but mourners of Imam Hussain that accepts pain as part of life.
13 October 2016, 16:13
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hahahaha seriously justin? go on playing dumb, it suits you very well.
13 October 2016, 16:13
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the hateful sectarian troll made the article about Rifi when the article is about his iranian propaganda claiming the arrest of an isis cell that they created.
13 October 2016, 16:20
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lol you guys sound desperate trying to spin this in all directions. the article is crystal clear, anyone reading it knows exactly what it is about.
13 October 2016, 16:43
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The article the iranian posted is dated November 2014 and is misinterpreted as usual by people of his kind. At that time there was no Nusra or ISIS in Lebanon and what Rifi said was true. Today, hezbollah and its crimes have given both organizations a reason to exist inside Lebanon.
13 October 2016, 17:02
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propagandists and trolls are trained to think in one way and one way only. They cannot understand how obvious they are to normal people; hence the constant accusations.
13 October 2016, 19:26
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yea right ex-fpm, and back in the dark ages of 2014 internet didnt exist and baghdadi wasn't born yet. give us a break will ya?
still waiting for that link where nasrallah "adamantly stated he is operating in Yemen, Bahrain"
13 October 2016, 14:10
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Barney & Friends appear in ashura
استنفار بعد مشهد "بارني" في مسيرة عاشوراء... والمراجع الشيعية تحارب البدع
http://www.annahar.com/article/483703-استنفار-بعد-مشهد-بارني-في-مسيرة-عاشوراء-والمراجع-الشيعية-تحارب-البدع
