IRGC Breaks Up MKO-Linked Group in Tehran Suburbs

The IRGC Intelligence Organization has announced the capture of a terrorist cell linked to the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) in Pardis, a town in the northeast of Tehran, that was planning anti-security actions.

According to the IRGC Intelligence unit in Pardis, the team had been planning attacks on over ten military, administrative, and security centers in Tehran and Alborze provinces, The Caspian Post reports citing Iranian media.

"Through networking and anti-security measures, these individuals were recently seeking to obtain raw materials to make IEDs to assassinate citizens and create insecurity," the IRGC Intelligence unit added in a statement.

The IRGC announced a firm response to terrorists who are foreign-backed and intend to take actions against the citizens' security.

The statement said the team was affiliated with the MKO terrorist group, which has assassinated nearly 17,000 Iranian civilians and officials since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.