IRGC announces arrest of seven-member separatist cell in Ilam

TEHRAN, Sept. 04 (YPA) – A security force affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Ilam province in western Iran, announced on Thursday the arrest of a seven-member cell belonging to a separatist group.

In a statement carried by Fars News Agency, the IRGC said the cell members, acting under the direction and with funding from a foreign party, had begun purchasing weapons and were planning to carry out armed operations in several cities in western Iran.

It added that security forces, while searching the cell’s hideout, seized quantities of firearms, including Kalashnikov rifles and various types of pistols, along with ammunition.

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