Iran arrests five al Qaeda members: report
TEHRAN – Iranian police have arrested five al Qaeda members in an eastern province of the country, the official news agency IRNA quoted a senior police official as saying Tuesday, Reuters reported.
"Five members of the terrorist al Qaeda group were arrested in Kerman province … Two of them are not Iranian citizens," said Kerman police chief Hossein Chenarian.
"They were planning to carry out sabotage acts in Iran … They wanted to deliver a huge amount of explosive material and weapons into the country." Since December, Iran has announced the arrest of at least nine al Qaeda members.
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